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Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome

Your horse is crankier than usual. He’s reluctant to go out on trail. He’s lost weight and has a poor appetite. When you do get him out on trail, it’s...

Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome

Your horse is crankier than usual. He’s reluctant to go out on trail. He’s lost weight and has a poor appetite. When you do get him out on trail, it’s...

Vitamin C - the overlooked vitamin

Vitamin C was a very popular supplement 50 years ago. It was touted as curing everything from colds to cancer. But now, you hear very little about the vitamin, especially...

Vitamin C - the overlooked vitamin

Vitamin C was a very popular supplement 50 years ago. It was touted as curing everything from colds to cancer. But now, you hear very little about the vitamin, especially...

Fillers in supplements

You open the bag of supplements and the smell of freshly baked bread waifs from the bag. It smells so good that you wonder if people can eat it. Surely...

Fillers in supplements

You open the bag of supplements and the smell of freshly baked bread waifs from the bag. It smells so good that you wonder if people can eat it. Surely...

Iron overload is a cause of oxidative damage

Iron overload is common in domestic horses because they do not have a good mechanism to dispose of excess iron. Because iron is a cause of oxidative damage (think rust...

Iron overload is a cause of oxidative damage

Iron overload is common in domestic horses because they do not have a good mechanism to dispose of excess iron. Because iron is a cause of oxidative damage (think rust...

Liver issues?

The liver processes blood, breaking down the nutrients and chemicals that your horse ingests. It cleans toxins from the blood, is responsible for metabolic processes of drugs and nutrients, and...

Liver issues?

The liver processes blood, breaking down the nutrients and chemicals that your horse ingests. It cleans toxins from the blood, is responsible for metabolic processes of drugs and nutrients, and...

Methionine - the critical sulfur donor

We’ve all heard that methionine is a limiting amino acid. What isn’t talked about is the amounts of sulfur in our horse’s feeds. During the industrial revolution, sulfur was released...

Methionine - the critical sulfur donor

We’ve all heard that methionine is a limiting amino acid. What isn’t talked about is the amounts of sulfur in our horse’s feeds. During the industrial revolution, sulfur was released...