This is the fourth of a 4-part series on feeding the horse, presented by internationally recognized and leading equine nutrition consultant Dr. Steve Jackson. In this segment the focus turns to the impacts of nutrition - from deficiency to excess of nutrients - on the health and productivity of horses. Discussion includes:
- How to identify whether health problems are due to management or the feed
- Nutritional excesses as a cause of disease in the horse
- Taking ownership of the health of horses
- The most common diseases that have a nutritional component including:
- Equine metabolic syndrome,
- PPID or Cushings Syndrome
- Nutritional secondary hyperparathyroidism
- Myositis (recurrent exertional rhabdomyolysis, polysaccharide storage myopathy)
- Hyperkalemic periodic paralysis
- Fescue toxicity
- Developmental orthopedic disease
Running time: 77 mins
Approved for 1.25 hrs of CE credit by AAVSB RACE and NY State
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