KEY #8- Body Condition Scoring (and other measurements)
In addition to knowing your horse’s normal vital signs (temperature, pulse, respiration and others), it’s a good idea to have a system in place that also allows you to monitor changes in his weight and body condition. Since it is fairly inconvenient to regularly weigh horses on [...]
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Dr. Gray’s Featured Presentation from the 2008 AAEP Healthy Horses Workshop- “Nutrition: Body Condition Scoring”
Dr. Gray’s Featured Presentation from the 2008 AAEP Healthy Horses Workshop- “Nutrition: The Six Classes of Nutrients”
KEY #6-The Six Classes of Nutrients
Nutrients are divided into six categories: water, protein, carbohydrate, fat, vitamins and minerals. All are essential to life, but water is usually listed first because animals can survive without the other nutrients longer than they can survive without water, as nearly two-thirds of the body consists of water. [...]
Dr. Gray’s Featured Presentation from the 2008 AAEP Healthy Horses Workshop- “Nutrition: The key to unlocking your horse’s health”
KEY #4—Nutrient Requirements of Horses
For many years, veterinarians, nutritionists, feed manufacturers, teachers, students and horse owners relied on the fifth edition of the National Research Council (NRC) Nutrient Requirements of Horses, published in 1989. Fortunately an updated version was published last year, making this valuable reference for the horse industry much more current.
The purpose [...]
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