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Forage-Only Diet for Performance Horses Evaluated

Thehorse.com - Full Article

By Casie Bazay, NBCAAM
Aug 1, 2012

With countless types of grains and concentrated feed available for performance horses, some horse owners might wish for a simpler approach to feeding their equine athlete. Well here’s some good news for these owners: According to recent study results, a diet devoid of concentrates and entirely based on forage could be suitable for some high-performance equine athletes.

"There is an urgent need for diets that support the natural digestive function and behavior of horses," said Anna Jansson, professor at both the Swedish University of Agricultural and Sciences and Holar University College on Iceland.

"We thought that a high-fiber diet (forage-only) would improve the aerobic energy metabolism and thereby improve VLa4 (velocity when plasma lactate concentration is 4 mmol/l)," reported Jansson...

Read more here:
http://www.thehorse.com/articles/29514/forage-only-diet-for-performance-horses-evaluated?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=in-depth&utm_campaign=07-15-2016

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