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Soaking hay is one way to reduce the amount of sugar in the hay, but it should only be used...

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The Trouble with Fructans

What is a fructan? Fructan is a type of sugar found in cool-season grasses. Instead of being digested in the...

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Winter Challenges for Horses with Laminitis

Winter can be a challenging time of year for horses with a past history of laminitis. Horses who have suffered...

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Managing Your Horse’s Bugs

Bugs? What bugs? Horses are hindgut fermenters. In other words, the hindgut portion of your horse’s digestive tract contains millions...

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Clarifying Carbohydrates Part III

In Clarifying Carbohydrates Part I, we reviewed simple carbohydrates and in Clarifying Carbohydtrates Part II we looked at rapidly fermentable carbohydrates. This Nutritional Minute describes slowly fermentable carbohydrates (fiber) and discusses the concerns associated with all carbohydrates in the equine diet.

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Clarifying Carbohydrates Part II

There are many types of carbohydrates in equine diets, including simple carbohydrates, rapidly fermentable carbohydrates, and complex, slowly fermentable carbohydrates. Your horse digests each type of carbohydrate differently. Some types of carbs are better for your horse than others. Click here for Clarifying Carbohydrates Part I for information on simple carbs. This time we will reviewing rapidly fermentable carbs.

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Clarifying Carbohydrates Part I

There are three different types of carbohydrates utilized by horses: simple sugars and starches, rapidly fermentable carbohydrates, and structural carbohydrates. This part of our series will deal with simple sugars and starches.

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Spring Turnout Tips for Your Horse

It is that time of the year—the cold, gray winter is transforming into a warm, sunny spring and the grass...

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Targeted Solutions for Equine Metabolic Syndrome (EMS) and Cushing’s Disease (PPID)

Equine metabolic syndrome (EMS) Equine metabolic syndrome (EMS) has become more and more prevalent in our equine community. It is...

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Tips on how to get your picky metabolic syndrome horse to eat supplements.

What do you do when your insulin-resistant horse needs supplements but isn’t getting a substantial amount of feed to put...

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Spring horse feeding tips

The days are getting longer, the mud is starting to recede, and you are ready to put away the winter...

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Spring and Fall Pastures Can Be Unsafe for At-risk Horses

It is that time of the year again, when grass pastures can be unsafe for at-risk horses! Grazing management is...

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Treating Laminitis – Did you Know?

When treating laminitis, cooling the hoof wall to between 40 and 50 degrees Fahrenheit for 48 to 72 hours can...

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What is Fructan Overload?

Fructan is a type of sugar found in cool-season grasses. When horses consume more fructan than they can digest in their foregut, it escapes into the hindgut where it can cause harmful imbalances.

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Insulin-Resistant Horses

Researchers have confirmed that as horses age, they naturally become less sensitive to insulin and more susceptible to health problems...

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Grazing Management for Sugar Sensitive Horses

Lush, cool season spring grass is packed full of vitamins, minerals and energy, but it is also high in sugar!...

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No Hoof, No Horse

A healthy horse has healthy hooves, click here to read more. Article re-posted with kind permission by Equine Guelph: http://equineguelph.ca/index.php...

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