Electrolytes Archives - Kentucky Performance Products

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Feeding Horses in Drought Conditions

During drought conditions, pastures may not provide enough fiber and energy to meet your horse’s nutrition requirements. Feeding additional hay may be necessary. If additional calories are still needed, consider a high-fat supplement. Horses should consume at least 1.5% to 2% of body weight per day in forage. Supplemental forage in the form of hay or hay cubes may be needed.

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Summer Challenges Facing Your Horse

Mosquitoes are not just annoying; they pose a health risk for your horses. Mosquitoes spread several neurologic diseases: West Nile virus, eastern equine encephalomyelitis, and western equine encephalomyelitis. It is important to vaccinate your horse to protect against these diseases as well as take steps to manage the mosquito population on your farm.

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Dangerous Dehydration

When it is hot out, exercise and other stressors can lead to dangerous dehydration. Horses generate a tremendous amount of...

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Electrolyte Use in Fall and Winter

“I have only a few weeks’ worth of electrolyte supplement left in my bucket. With fall and winter approaching, do...

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Ensure Your Horse is Getting Enough Water in the Winter

Horses need to drink a minimum of 10 to 12 gallons of water a day to stay healthy, no matter...

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Keeping Your Horse Safe in Hot Weather

To ride or not to ride, that is the question. Temperature alone is not a good guide when it comes...

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Summer Games® Plus: What’s Inside the Tube?

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Why can’t I just feed salt as my source of electrolytes?

Electrolytes are a group of minerals that perform critical functions in the horse’s body. They are sodium (Na), potassium (K),...

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The Scoop on Electrolytes and Hydration

What are electrolytes? Imagine you are riding your horse on a hot summer day. If you do more than walk,...

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The Importance of Hydration

Interesting fact: Water makes up about 65% of a mature horse’s body weight. For a 15.2-hand, 1,000-pound horse, that amounts...

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My horse won’t drink. What should I do?

By Joe and Penny Most, equine clinicians and owners of Perfect Partners Equine. Horses can be finicky drinkers, especially in the winter and when traveling. For our horses we use electrolytes daily in their feed to encourage them to drink. Oftentimes when a new supplement…

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Summer Games® Electrolyte: What’s Inside the Bucket?

Electrolytes play a significant role in supporting hydration (thirst response), muscle function, and the cellular water balance within your horse’s body.

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How to Check If Your Horse Is Dehydrated

Sweating is the process horses use to cool themselves when their body temperature rises. When a horse sweats they...

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Electrolytes for Top Performance

If you’ve spent any time around a stable during the summer months, then you are probably acquainted with the smell...

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3 Easy Tips to Ensure Your Horse Is Getting Enough Water This Winter

Dehydration can be as much of a problem in winter as it is in the summer. Horses need to drink...

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Horse Electrolytes: Sweetened or Unsweetened?

Electrolytes are necessary for horses that sweat. Without proper electrolyte supplementation, horses are at best unable to perform optimally, and...

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Travel Tips for Horses – Part 2: Nutritional Support While Traveling

Travel Tips for Horses- Part 2: Nutritional Support While Traveling

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Developing the Sport Horse: Part 2 the Importance of Hydration

Article re-posted with kind permission by Equine Guelph: http://equineguelph.ca/index.php Story by: Dr. Brianne Henderson As we move through the height...

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Keeping Horses Cool in Summer

Hey everyone. Hope you’re staying cool in this hot weather, which for me means I'm either riding at 5:30 a.m. or after 6 p.m. When the weather is hot like this, there are special precautions we can take as owners to make sure our horses don’t overheat…

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Is Your Horse at Risk for Dehydration?

When it’s hot out, exercise and other stressors can lead to dangerous dehydration. Horses generate a tremendous amount of heat...

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Electrolytes – Who Needs Them?

Electrolytes perform critical functions within your horse’s body. They help regulate nerve and muscle functions by carrying electrical impulses between...

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