Friday, January 02, 2015

Choosing Grains for Your Horse's Diet

Thehorse.com - Full Article

By Karen Briggs
Dec 27, 2014

Although many grains can have a valuable place in your horse’s diet, no single grain will provide all the nutrients a working horse needs, even when fed in combination with premium-quality hay.

Of all the grains commonly fed to horses, oats are generally considered the closest to the “perfect” feed, but even oats fail to supply sufficient quantities of some vitamins and minerals, and their relative energy density is low...

Read more here:
http://www.thehorse.com/articles/35073/choosing-grains-for-your-horses-diet?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=reader-favorites&utm_campaign=01-02-2015

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