Choosing Equine Feed, Horse Nutrition Information, & Diet Facts for Owners

• Corn: Not a Perfect Grain? - Beware of health risks associated with moldy corn feed.
  
• Feed Ingredients: Reading the Nutrition Facts - Understanding feed & nutrition labels.
  
• Feed Sugar Content from Pure Cane Molasses - Is your feed too sweet to be healthy?
  
• Protein Amount and Balance - Understanding protein and its horse diet importance.
  
• Protein: beyond the basics - Evaluating how much protein your horse getting.
  
• Roughage: Grass and Hay in Diets - Why grass and hay are good for horse digestion.
  
• Sugar to Starch Ratio of Your Horse Feed - Too much sugar can cause equine disease.
  

Types of Horse Feed

• Cooked Equine Feed - Is making cooked horse feed worth it?
  
• Feed alternatives - Beets can be a good nutritional additive for some equines.
  
• Pelleted feed - Examining feed pellets vs. traditional horse food.
  

Supplements, Vitamins and Minerals

• Antioxidants: What Does Your Horse Need - Discusses antioxidant nutrients.
  
• Electrolytes: Meeting Your Horses RDA - Giving your horse enough electrolytes.
  
• Minerals Essential in Equine Health - What minerals is horse missing in his diet?
  
• Probiotics - Probiotics can help your horse maintain proper stomach digestion.
  
• Rice Bran Feed Supplement - Known for being high in fat and vitamin A supplement.
  
• Vitamin E Recommended by Equine Nutritionists - Care benefits broodmares.
  
• Wheat Bran: Use with Care - Improper use can lead to metabolic horse disorders.
  
• Yeast Culture Added for Increase Performance - Yeast for a stable stomach.
  

Equine Weight Management Information

• Active, but Obese Horses with Excess Fat - Extra weight could cause heat stress.
  
• Cutting Excess Fat from Diets - Is your horse overweight from his diet.
  
• Helping Skinny Horses Gain Healthy Weight - Helping a horse gain weight.
  
• Overeating Horse - Is Your Horse Eating Too Much? - Why the love eating.
  
• Overweight Horse? - Limit Grains - Lighter "diet" feeds could be an option.
  
• Weighing Your Horse Regularly - Nutritional importance of your horse's weight.
  

Horse Behavior and Diet

• Hyperactivity: Horse Feed Be the Cause? - Feeding a horse too many carbohydrates.
  
• Mood Swings & Behavior Influenced by Diet - Excess food leads to more energy.
  
• Supplements Can Change Your Horses Behavior - Pasture grass keeps horses calmer.
  

Ponies, Foals, Seniors and Broodmare Nutrition

• Foal Nutrition: Headstart Program - Discusses proper foal nutrition needs and diet.
  
• Older and Senior Horses Need Different Diets - Diet adjustment for mature equines.
  
• Orphan Foals Milk Replacer - Feeding a foal when the broodmare can't.
  
• Ponies and Proper Food Portions - Ponies need a different diet than larger horses.
  
• Pregnant Horses and Broodmare Nutrition Basics - Gestation nutrition and mare diets.
  

Preventing Health Problems and Disease with Diet

• Bacteria and Mold Creates Toxic Food - Mold growth can cause serious horse illnesses.
  
• Body Condition Chart to Determine Health - Horse's bodies change related to health.
  
• Colic: Preventing with Proper Food Source - Understand this common horse disease.
  
• Colic prevention - Ways to keep your horse from suffering the common cause of colic.
  

Seasonal Diet Changes

• Drought and Dry Pasture Feeding Issues - Can cause unhealthy weed pasture growth.
  
• Hay: What if there is a shortage? - Sources of forage alternatives for horses.
  
• Winter Feed and Diet Changes - Nutritional changes due to colder weather.
  
• Winter Months - Feeding Your Horse In Colder Weather - Horses need less calories.
  

General Horse Nutrition and Feed Info

• Boarding Your Horse and Proper Feeding - Many farms don't want your to supply feed.
  
• Cost of Feeding Your Horse - Understanding the pricing of quality equine feeds.
  
• Horse Nutrition FAQ - Basic horse nutrition and feed questions answered.
  
• Snacks and Treats for Your Horse - Make treats a healthy reward for your horse.
• Checkoff Programs for Horse Feeds - Special "checkoff" fees that can apply to feed.