Forage-only diets have positive effects on performance

Posted by Sara Muhonen on Apr 30, 2017 in Acid-base balance, Fluid balance, Forage, Health, Performance | 0 comments

A Swedish study has examined the impacts on body weight and exercise response in trotters in training when fed a forage-only diet compared...

Read More

Forage crude protein content and horses’ nitrogen metabolism and water intake

Posted by Sara Muhonen on Dec 16, 2016 in Acid-base balance, Fluid balance, Forage, Health, Performance | 0 comments

Early harvested forage has a high energy content but often also a high crude protein content, which can result in an excessive crude...

Read More

Acid-base balance in horses

Posted by Sara Muhonen on Sep 15, 2016 in Acid-base balance, Forage, Health, Performance | 0 comments

Horses are herbivores (grass eaters) and therefore they have an excess of base and excretes an alkaline urine (high pH value) which has a...

Read More

Haylage or silage – any effects on exercise response?

Posted by Sara Muhonen on Aug 31, 2016 in Acid-base balance, Forage, Health, Performance | 0 comments

In this study 6 trotters in training were fed haylage (68 % DM, 0.2 % lactic acid, pH 5.8) and silage (41 % DM, 3 % lactic acid, pH 4.8)....

Read More