Nutrition

• Proper Nutrition from the LSU Ag Center


• Feeding Horses from the University of Missouri Extension


• Articles and Studies by AERC Veterinarian Susan Garlinghouse, DVM


• Kentucky Equine Research Studies


• Deciphering Hay Quality from Kentucky Equine Research (pdf)


• Hay Storage and Use from Kentucky Equine Research (pdf)


• Articles of interest by feed manufacturers:


• Kentucky Performance Products offers articles on training, nutrition and health issues, and a Q&A section


• Purina Mills lists many articles, from "dental care" to "weight management"


• Southern States Cooperative has a selection of health and nutrition articles

• Body Condition Scoring published by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension

• Functional Anatomy of the Horse Foot from the University of Missouri Extension


• Hoof Care for Your Horses from TheHorse.com


• To Shoe or Not to Shoe? from TheHorse.com


• Finding a Good Farrier by Cherry Hill


• Nutrition as It Relates to the Hoof from the American Association of Equine Practitioners


• Laminitis -- Prevention and Treatment from the American Association of Equine Practitioners

• Internal Parasites: Strategies for Effective Parasite Control from the American Association of Equine Practitioners


• Egg Counts Key to Parasite Control from DVM, the Newsmagazine of Veterinary Medicine

• Prevalence, Demographics, and Risk Factors for Colic from the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine (pdf)


• Ileal Impaction: A Preventable Life-Threatening Condition from DVM, the Newsmagazine of Veterinary Medicine


• Colic and the Endurance Horse, Part 1 by James Bryant, DVM, Diplomate ACVS (from Endurance News, March 2006)


• Colic and the Endurance Horse, Part 2 by Ann Stuart, DVM (from Endurance News, April 2006)


• Post-Ride Colic in the Endurance Horse by Melissa Ribley, DVM (from Endurance News, November 2006)

• Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome from the American Association of Equine Practitioners


• Gastric Ulcers in Endurance Horses by Gary P. Carlson, BS, DVM, PhD (from Endurance News, August 2005)


• Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome Update by Barney Fleming, DVM (from Endurance News, September 2004)

• Vaccination Information from AAEP's "Immunizations" brochure and the Horse Industry Handbook


• Vaccination Guidelines for Horses in North America (2007) from the UC Davis Center for Equine Health (pdf)

• Housing the Horse from EquiWorld.net


• Bedding in the Horse Stable from EquiWorld.net

• Disaster Action Guidelines for Horse Owners from the Maryland Department of Agriculture


• Disaster Planning for Horse Farms from the American Association of Equine Practitioners


• When Disaster Strikes from the UC Davis Horse Report (pdf)

• To find published studies from www.pubmed.gov -- a service of the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health, click on www.pubmed.gov and search PubMed for topics of interest, i.e., "equine endurance exercise," "equine training," "equine overtraining," etc. Try different keywords and you will find a wide variety of research studies.


• For a variety of articles from a cooperative partnership of more than 70 universities, click on www.extension.org.

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