Slower Feeding Is Safer Feeding For Your Horse

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Created on Monday, 05 December 2011 15:33

by Kentucky Equine Research

Horses evolved as wandering herbivores, moving slowly for hours and taking bites of whatever forage they came across in their rambles. Modern feeding practice is quite different, with many horses given all-day access to rich forage, an invitation to obesity.

slow-feedingOther horses are confined to stalls and given two or three large grain meals each day. Between flakes of hay with a high carbo



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