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“On every page you’ll find detailed information on how to keep your horse happy and healthy.” -Equine Journal
“…everything an owner or rider needs to know about feeding a horse.” –Mid-South Horse Review
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The one issue on which all horse owners agree is that proper diet and nutrition are the most essential aspects of horse care. In Storey's Guide to Feeding Horses, equine nutritionist Melyni Worth addresses the many ways in which diet impacts a horse's health, temperament, and performance.
Worth covers the basics, discussing the details of the nutrients every horse needs, and how to calculate rations based on the horse's body weight. She also explains the benefits of grains and grasses, as well as the relative value of additives and herbal supplements. And, she teaches owners how to design a balanced feeding program for their horses.
Perhaps most important is the chapter on "Feeding for a Lifetime." Here, Worth outlines the proper diet a horse needs at every age and at every level of activity. She describes the healthiest formula for foals and the most nutritional diet for brood mares and performance horses. Nutrition for elderly horses receives special attention here, with valuable information on soft feed for aged horses that have trouble chewing. Worth also identifies the treats that are best for horses, and how to overcome a horse's food-related vices. Finally, Worth offers guidance on pasture maintenance and how to store feed safely.
This book also includes advice on seasonal feeding routines. For example, since fiber is essential for warmth, owners should make certain their horses receive plenty of hay in the winter. During the summer, horses should have free access to fresh water and loose salt. Worth concludes with a detailed discussion of nutritional disorders and their remedies.
Comprehensive and authoritative, yet easy to understand and packed with advice that is easy to put into action, Storey's Guide to Feeding Horses is an essential reference horse owners will turn to time and again.
Worth covers the basics, discussing the details of the nutrients every horse needs, and how to calculate rations based on the horse's body weight. She also explains the benefits of grains and grasses, as well as the relative value of additives and herbal supplements. And, she teaches owners how to design a balanced feeding program for their horses.
Perhaps most important is the chapter on "Feeding for a Lifetime." Here, Worth outlines the proper diet a horse needs at every age and at every level of activity. She describes the healthiest formula for foals and the most nutritional diet for brood mares and performance horses. Nutrition for elderly horses receives special attention here, with valuable information on soft feed for aged horses that have trouble chewing. Worth also identifies the treats that are best for horses, and how to overcome a horse's food-related vices. Finally, Worth offers guidance on pasture maintenance and how to store feed safely.
This book also includes advice on seasonal feeding routines. For example, since fiber is essential for warmth, owners should make certain their horses receive plenty of hay in the winter. During the summer, horses should have free access to fresh water and loose salt. Worth concludes with a detailed discussion of nutritional disorders and their remedies.
Comprehensive and authoritative, yet easy to understand and packed with advice that is easy to put into action, Storey's Guide to Feeding Horses is an essential reference horse owners will turn to time and again.
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THE EARLIEST ANCESTOR OF THE HORSE was a forest-dwelling, dog-sized, browsing mammal known as Eohippus. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
torsion colic, cribbing behavior, fermentation sacs, roast soy, hay intake, soy hulls, alfalfa cubes, percent crude protein, fescue toxicity, low glycemic diet, impaction colic, sugar beet pulp, equine nutrition, body score, hoof growth, legume hay, percent dry matter, feed value, whole flaxseed, concentrate ration, detergent fiber, percent fiber, sweet feed, glycemic response, adult horses Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Smokey Joe, North America, United States, Cushings-like Syndrome, National Research Council, Van Soest, Nutrient Requirements of Horses, Balanced Feeding Program, Quarter Horse, Recurrent Exertional Rhabdomyolosis New!
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THE EARLIEST ANCESTOR OF THE HORSE was a forest-dwelling, dog-sized, browsing mammal known as Eohippus. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
torsion colic, cribbing behavior, fermentation sacs, roast soy, hay intake, soy hulls, alfalfa cubes, percent crude protein, fescue toxicity, low glycemic diet, impaction colic, sugar beet pulp, equine nutrition, body score, hoof growth, legume hay, percent dry matter, feed value, whole flaxseed, concentrate ration, detergent fiber, percent fiber, sweet feed, glycemic response, adult horses Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Smokey Joe, North America, United States, Cushings-like Syndrome, National Research Council, Van Soest, Nutrient Requirements of Horses, Balanced Feeding Program, Quarter Horse, Recurrent Exertional Rhabdomyolosis New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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This book cites 3
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- Feeding and Care of the Horse by Lon D. Lewis on page 20, page 37, and Back Matter
- Forages: The Science of Grassland Agriculture by Darrell A. Miller in Back Matter
- Horsekeeping on a Small Acreage: Facilities Design and Management by Cherry Hill in Back Matter
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