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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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Why Use a Joint Supplement
In healthy joints, the ends of the bones are coated with a thin layer of friction-reducing tissue known as articular...
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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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Feeding Directions: Mere Suggestions or Strict Guidelines?
Feeding directions are an important place to start. As human beings, we have the ability to manage our own daily...
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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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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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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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Horses are the biggest athlete on earth.
They have 700 different skeletal muscles. In fact, 60% of their body weight is muscle. During exercise, muscle metabolism produces...
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Think “E” for Excellent Nutrition
Vitamins are often clumped together as a single entity, and the contributions of individual ones are sometimes overlooked. In recent...
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Why choose Equi-Jewel?
Why choose Equi-Jewel? Equi-Jewel® was developed by Kentucky Performance Products, LLC to safely meet the energy needs of today’s horses....
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Elevate®: What’s Inside
Click here to download a print version of this infographic. Text-only version of “Elevate®: What’s Inside” Elevate® W.S. Natural vitamin...
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Energy Crisis
As pastures fade from green to brown, horse owners all over will soon be feeding hay to meet their horses’...
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EndurExtra®: What’s Inside the Bag
Click here to download a print version of this infographic. Text-only version of “EndurExtra®: What’s Inside the Bag” A blend...
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The Skinny on Fat
Packed with energy Fat is an effective energy source for horses. Pound for pound, fats provide 2.25 times more energy...
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Determine How Much Energy Your Forage Is Providing
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Does alfalfa make horses hot?
The reason alfalfa gets a bad rap for making horses “hot” is because alfalfa is higher in digestible energy and...
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