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The Benefits of Hyaluronic Acid
Hyaluronic acid (aka sodium hyaluronate or hyaluronan) is found naturally in your horse’s synovial fluid, which is the fluid contained...
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Dehydration in Horses
Horses generate a tremendous amount of heat in their bodies when they exercise or when they are stressed.
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Put the Bloom Back in Your Horse’s Coat
Does your horse struggle with dull, flaky hair coat? Are his mane and tail dry and brittle? The quality of...
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Determine How Much Energy Your Forage Is Providing
Click here to download a print version of this infographic. Text-only version of “Determine how much energy your forage...
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Electrolytes—Who Needs Them? Your Horse, That’s Who.
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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Horses With a Busy Lifestyle Are at High Risk for Digestive Upset
Horses with a busy lifestyle are at high risk for digestive upset. Limited grazing, larger grain meals, and frequent traveling...
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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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Did You Know Allergies Can Cause Your Horse to Stock Up?
Allergens from feed, bedding or the environment (dust, mold, pollen) can lead to systemic inflammation that causes fluid to leak...
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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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Travel Tips for Horses – Part 1: Plan Ahead
Travel Tips for Horses- Part 1: Plan Ahead
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Horses are the biggest athlete on earth.
They have 700 different skeletal muscles. In fact, 60% of a horse’s body weight is muscle. During exercise, muscle metabolism...
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Vitamin E and the Performance Horse – A Winning Combination
Vitamin E is essential for the performance horse Vitamin E, the major lipid-soluble antioxidant defense in cells, plays an important...
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Use Caution When Riding in Freezing Temperatures
When the temperatures drop below freezing, opt out of strenuous work and choose other activities for your four-legged partner. Research...
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Neigh-Lox® Advanced: What’s Inside the Bucket?
Neigh-Lox Advanced contains a proprietary blend of research-proven ingredients that work synergistically to maintain healthy equine GI tract tissues.
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Winter Weight Gain
Some horses gain weight when given a winter break from trail riding, training, and/or showing. The extra weight can make...
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What Is HA and Why Should I Look for It in a Joint Supplement?
Hyaluronic acid (HA) is an integral component of synovial fluid and articular cartilage. It is responsible for lubrication of the...
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Vitamin Deficiencies – Who Is at Risk?
Certain types of horses are at higher risk of developing vitamin deficiencies than others. It may be because they are...
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Increasing Your Horse’s Appetite
It can be hard to get a picky eater to consume enough calories to maintain optimal condition. Digestive aids, such...
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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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Managing RER (a Form of Tying-up) With Dietary Changes
“Tying-up” is one of the more common muscle disorders found in horses. In fact, we now know that there are...
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Filling the Nutritional Gaps in Your Horse’s Diet
Vitamins and minerals are vital to the horse’s physical well-being. Without sufficient vitamin and mineral intake, it is impossible for...
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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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Equine Gastric Ulcers—Do You Need To Worry?
A scoop of grain and two fluffy flakes of hay in the morning. A scoop of grain and two fluffy flakes...
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