SOYBEAN HULLS
Soybean Hulls have been utilized as an ingredient in livestock feeds for many years…
Category: Ingredients
RESEARCH: SELENIUM FERTILIZATION
Selenium is an essential nutrient for horses. Deficiencies of selenium can result in muscle weakness leading to impaired locomotion and difficulty swallowing…
RESEARCH: LIVE YEAST CULTURE
Soybean Hulls have been utilized as an ingredient in livestock feeds for many years. In recent years, soybean hulls…
VITAMIN E – NATURAL OR SYNTHETIC?
Let’s take a look at Vitamin E. Vitamin E is an important fat-soluble vitamin that plays several roles in the body…
DIGESTIBLE ENERGY – IMPORTANT FACTORS
An important measure of a horse feed’s value is its energy content. Energy density determines how much feed must be fed to meet an animal’s energy requirement…
PROTEIN QUALITY NOT QUANTITY FOR GROWING HORSES
PROTEIN QUALITY NOT QUANTITY FOR GROWING HORSES JUNE 2020 Written by Performance Horse Nutrition It is not enough that a horse’s diet contains an adequate amount of protein, but the quality of protein also becomes very important especially in young, growing horses and broodmares. Protein quality refers to the amount and ratios of essential amino[…]
PROTEIN IN EQUINE DIETS
PROTEIN FRIEND OR FOE IN EQUINE DIETS MAY 2020 Written by Performance Horse Nutrition The word protein was derived from the Greek word proteos, meaning “of primary importance,” an appropriate name in light of all of the critical roles that proteins play in the body. Protein makes up approximately 15% of total body mass, with[…]
FEEDING MAGNESIUM TO HORSES
Respiratory diseases can be costly for the horse owner in many ways. The major categories of respiratory diseases affecting horses are infectious (those caused by viruses or bacteria), allergic and parasitic. This article will focus on respiratory issues caused by allergens, but first in order to understand how these allergens affect the respiratory system we must have a basic idea of how it works….
SUPER FIBERS
SUPER FIBERS -the benefits for horses- SEPTEMBER 2018 Written by Performance Horse Nutrition Plants contain fibrous material known as structural carbohydrate. The primary structural carbohydrates include cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin. These fibrous carbohydrates play an important role in providing plants with their structural rigidity allowing them to grow upright. However, because of their complex chemical[…]
OMEGA 3 VS OMEGA 6 FATTY ACIDS
DISCOVER FATTY ACIDS OMEGA 3 VS OMEGA 6 August 2016 Written by Performance Horse Nutrition Recent advertisements have focused on the use of Omega-3 supplements for horses, usually containing flax seed meal, vegetable oil, or fish oil. Studies in humans have found many health benefits with supplementation of Omega-3 fatty acids in the diet. While[…]