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Give the right forage to the right horse

Posted by on Dec 30, 2018 in Behaviour, Forage, Health, Intestinal microflora, Performance | 0 comments

Forage and forage is not the same thing. How well horses can digest forage depends on the forage’s cell wall content. Cell walls are...

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Forage intake in two year old trotters in training

Posted by on Dec 16, 2018 in Behaviour, Forage, growing horses, Health | 0 comments

A Swedish study has investigated the forage intake in 13 two year old trotters in heavy training. The forage was a second cut grass...

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Growth, training and health in yearlings fed a forage-only diet

Posted by on Nov 30, 2018 in Forage, growing horses, Health, Performance | 0 comments

A Swedish study has examined growth, exercise response and health in 16 Standardbred colts fed a forage-only diet. The forage was grass...

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When horses gets to choose feeding position

Posted by on Nov 15, 2018 in Behaviour, Forage, Health | 0 comments

In many stables horses are offered forage in hay nets hanging above the ground. This implies that the horse has to eat with the head...

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Late harvested forage takes longer time for horses to eat

Posted by on Nov 3, 2018 in Behaviour, Forage, Health | 0 comments

The later the maturity stage of a plant when it’s harvested the larger the fibre proportion in the forage. How well horses can digest...

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Follow up on colourful haylage bales

Posted by on Oct 20, 2018 in Forage, Forage production, Health | 0 comments

We got some questions on how much the different colours of the plastic film for haylage/silage bales affect the feed quality. Trioplast...

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Higher masseter muscle activity and chewing frequency with forage

Posted by on Oct 1, 2018 in Behaviour, Forage, Health | 0 comments

When horses chew forage they have higher saliva production and gets to chew longer time. Low forage intake leads to different health...

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Feed type affects horses’ behaviour

Posted by on Sep 15, 2018 in Behaviour, Forage, Health | 0 comments

The horse is a large grass eating animal, an herbivore, and free-living horses graze 14-18 hours of the day. Captive animals faced with...

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Colourful haylage bales

Posted by on Sep 1, 2018 in Forage, Forage production | 0 comments

Today it’s common to see wrapped bales in several different colours and the different colours support different foundations, which is...

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Tall fescue has lower digestibility than timothy/meadow fescue

Posted by on Aug 16, 2018 in Forage, Forage production, Health | 0 comments

In this Finnish study two grass leys were compared, a mixture of timothy (Phleum pratense) and meadow fescue (Festuca pratensis) and a...

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