Forage crude protein content and horses’ nitrogen metabolism and water intake
Early harvested forage has a high energy content but often also a high crude protein content, which can result in an excessive crude...
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Forage-only diets have positive effects on fluid balance
This study examined the impact on body weight and plasma volume during a 12 hour fast in trotters in training when fed either a diet of...
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The horse’s vitamin requirements
Vitamins are organic compounds that are essential and have metabolic functions but are not degraded as energy sources. They participate in...
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Dusty forage cause respiratory disorders
Feeding silage instead of hay is commonly recommended to horses with respiratory disorders. It reduces the amount of respirable particles...
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Acid-base balance in horses
Horses are herbivores (grass eaters) and therefore they have an excess of base and excretes an alkaline urine (high pH value) which has a...
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Haylage or silage – any effects on exercise response?
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)....
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The equine hindgut is a fluid reservoir
The hindgut of the horse also functions as a large fluid reservoir. This is possible because fibre binds water. Fibre has a high...
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Storegården’s Icelandic horses
Here is a new reportage from Storegården where Maria Vemdal has been breeding Icelandic horses for about 10 years now. Read about...
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Optimize the stable’s feed economy
Here we are calculating what a feed ration for a high performing horse cost per day, per month and per year. We look at two different...
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Protein rich forage for the athletic horse
Early harvested forage has a high energy content but often also a high crude protein content, which can result in an excessive crude...
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