The equine hindgut breaks down fiber, which makes up most of the horse’s diet. Learn how diet and management can affect this important part of your horse’s GI system.
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While steeped in tradition, feeding bran mashes can cause GI distress in horses. Learn why, and discover alternatives.
Find out how postbiotics influence horse health and which horses might benefit from supplementation.
Is your horse’s diet and microbiome to blame for bad behavior? In this article we’ll break down the research.
Understanding the equine gut microbiome can help you create and support healthy microbial populations in your horse’s digestive system.
A nutrition expert offers advice on preventing weight gain and boredom while a hefty horse is on stall rest.
The horse’s gut microbiome could influence gastric ulcers, and while researchers have found microbial shifts with disease, their role remains uncertain.
Common advice tells us not to feed horses before exercise. But this outdated belief might be hurting your horse.
Hindgut issues in horses can be subtle at first but could lead to colic, diarrhea, weight loss, laminitis, and swelling as the condition worsens.
Brush up on your equine oral health knowledge with these facts about dental anatomy, issues, and exams.
Probiotics might help reestablish healthy balances in the horse’s gut microbiome without causing harm.
Freezing and storing fecal microbiota transplant product in saline and glycerol might maintain the most viable microbial communities for horses with intestinal problems.
One expert describes the best way to manage horses with a history of squamous and glandular ulcers and how to prevent recurrence.
Researchers investigated fecal sample analysis as a noninvasive alternative diagnostic method for IBD in horses.
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