Feeding and Riding the Lactating Mare
Clair Thunes, PhD
April 22, 2024
Learn about the nutritional requirements of a mare with a foal at her side as she gets started back into work.
Learn about the nutritional requirements of a mare with a foal at her side as she gets started back into work.
Equip your mare with the nutrition, vaccines, fitness, and foaling environment she needs to
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Taking these steps might help protect your mare and her foal.
Nutritional evaluations take the guesswork out of whether your horse is consuming a balanced diet.
If your broodmare is overweight and/or has metabolic problems, her foal could be at risk. Here’s how you can keep both horses safe during pregnancy.
Are you thinking about breeding an older mare? There are steps—some simple, some cutting-edge—breeders can take to obtain foals from mares with waning fertility.
Proteins and the amino acids that form them play important roles in the horse’s body, from muscle building and function to neurotransmission and hormone synthesis.
How to ensure the late-gestation mare is getting enough nutrients to meet both her needs and those of the developing fetus.
With much research surrounding how to feed “abnormal” horses, how can we feed “normal” horses to avoid disease? One expert weighs in.
Phytoestrogens in horse diets might have physiological effects on mares. An equine nutritionist explains how and why.
Steps breeders can take to obtain foals from older mares with waning fertility.
Is one grass hay variety more palatable than another? Should I feed my horse the first or second cutting of hay? Equine nutritionists answer these questions and more about this essential forage.
A pregnant mare should maintain a healthy weight to support both the fetus’ and her own calorie needs.
With careful management and feed selection, owners can provide broodmares with the nutrients they need to support foal growth. Here’s what our equine nutritionist recommends.
An equine nutritionist explains how a broodmare’s nutritional needs change during her pregnancy.
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