Copper Deficiency in horses has been implicated in causing developmental orthopedic disease of the bones and joints in foals and young horses.
A deficiency of copper is also reputed to be a cause of Mud Fever
Horses need copper [...]
Biotin is a popular equine feed supplement that is often recommended by farriers as a way to improve the quality of the horse’s hoof and as a treatment for dry cracked hooves.
This advice is given because the vitamin Biotin is a sulphur which contains B vitamins, [...]
B-vitamins play a vital part in the metabolism of a horse or pony’s energy. They are a group of vitamins which are water soluble and are needed by a horse for the metabolism of nutrients .
A horse can generate its own B vitamins, which occur [...]
Haylage is an ideal replacement for hay and excellent for feeding to horses with dust allergies and equine respiratory problems such as COPD, SPAOD and RAOD.
Haylages are made of grass that is cut before it goes [...]
Correct feeding and balanced equine nutrition is essential for the growth and correct development of foals and young horses.
The most natural feed for a foal is its mother’s milk and normally this will provide the calories and protein needed for foal growth.
However the level of minerals important to equine skeletal development rapidly decrease during lactation.
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