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While beer may be an excellent source of bioavailable silica for humans, a new round of dietary supplements may be a better way to provide horses with this essential trace mineral.
According to the sixth edition of the NRC Nutrient Requirement for Horses, a need for silica [...]
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Dr. Gray’s Featured Article: Silica Supplementation in Horses Shown to be Safe and Effective
Dr. Gray’s Featured Article: Does Your Horse Have a Favorite Flavor?
This article was originally published at www.TheHorse.com
Eight horses in England did. Researcher Deborah Goodwin set out to discover what flavors horses actually like, compared to what horse owners and product manufacturers think horses like.
In Trial 1, she offered 15 flavors to eight stabled horses in a small amount of grain and measured how [...]
Dr. Gray’s Featured Article: Horses Absorb Components of Gelatin, Researchers Find
This article was originally published at www.TheHorse.com
In 2006, a pair of researchers who reviewed the literature on gelatin (hydrolyzed collagen) in humans found that it is absorbed intestinally and accumulates in cartilage. They also reported that supplementing gelatin led to a significant increase in the production of new tissue by cartilage cells. Their conclusion: gelatin [...]
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