Horse Nutrition and Feeding

Horses have been taken from their natural environment and enclosedin paddocks and stables, dramatically changing both life-style andfeeding habits. Feeding time has been greatly reduced and cerealand protein concentrates introduced into the diet. As a result, horses are prone to many problems associated with feeding.

This book clearly explains the science of nutrition and combinesthis with the art of feeding to encourage an understanding of howto feed horses to keep them healthy, and allow them to reach theirfull performance potential. This new edition - the first since 1992- has been fully updated and extended to include new feeds andfeeding practices and explains new advances in scientificknowledge. It provides clear guidelines for feeding competitionhorses, older horses and problem animals, and explains the role offeeds and feeding in maintaining the immune system andsoundness.

Horse Nutrition and Feeding is the recognised text forstudents studying horses at colleges, for BHS examinations, and forhorse-owners.