Applied Equine Nutrition

Authors: Edited by Arno Lindner
The content of this book arises from the “Equine Nutrition Conference (ENUCO) 2005. It gives scientifically validated practical hints and state of the art knowledge to veterinarians, breeders, riders and members of the feed industry.

The topics dealt with in this publication are:

• Nutrition of endurance horses;
• Nutrition of growing horses to reduce prevalence of developmental orthopedic disease;
• Strategies to cope with exertional rhabdomyolysis; and
• Importance of nutrition for the maintenance and rehabilitation of health of teeth, hooves and the gastrointestinal tract without which a horse is no horse.

Availability: In Print
Publication date: 2005
Binding:Paperback
Extent: 172 pp.
ISBN: 907699885X

Book Contents

• Digestibility and retention of inorganic and organic forms of copper and zinc in yearling and mature geldings
• The impact of nutrition on dental health and management of equine teeth for optimal nutrition
• Nutritional management to keep the hoof healthy
• Feeding the endurance horse
• Impact of nutrition on the microflora of the gastro-intestinal tract in horses
• Nutritional management of horses with hoof diseases
• Anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidative feed ingredients
• Nutrition of the growing horse: Feeding management to reduce DOD
• Differential diagnosis and nutritional management of equine exertional rhabdomyolysis
• Impact of diseases on the gastrointestinal microflora, nutritional prevention of these diseases and nutritional management after occurrence