Reading Time: 3 minutes First and foremost, horses must always have hay available, as this provides the important cellulose that is converted into energy and nutrients by the microorganisms in the large intestine. Horses need a source of wood fibre In addition to hay, a source of wood fibre should always be available for
Reading Time: 5 minutes Plenty of hay, pasture in summer, mineral feed, and salt lick – and a little sainfoin or lucerne as a source of protein if required. This regime supplies to a horse with no health issues adequately. Unfortunately, not every horse has the perfect start to a healthy life from day
Reading Time: 2 minutes Introduction Rapidly changing weather conditions put a lot of stress on the pasture grass:It is sometimes warm and sunny during the day, but cold at night, which not only promotes the storage of fructans, but also the proliferation of endophytes.Both are problematic for horses, especially if they are already suffering
Reading Time: 3 minutes Herbal profile: English name Stinging nettle Latin name Urticaceae, mostly small stinging nettle (Urtica urens) or large stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) Traditional uses Traditionally, stinging nettle is used as a food (leaves in salads or soups, roasted seeds) or dried as a tea (leaves). Nettle tea has a diuretic effect,
Reading Time: 8 minutes Adjusting mineral supply to the roughage is a widely known concept and sounds logical at first, but biological systems operate in a more complex manner. It starts with the fact that determining the exact amount of minerals horses obtain from roughage is not feasible. Of course, you could have samples
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