Jeepers, creepers, where'd you get that easy keeper?
Horsetalk.co.nz Jeepers, creepers, where’d you get that easy keeper? A new owner-friendly horse scale to identify the easy keepers from the hard keepers has been developed by researchers at the University of Delaware. Horses with different metabolic tendencies are anecdotally referred to as “easy” or “hard” keepers. Easy keepers tend to gain weight easily while hard keepers require extra feed to maintain condition. There is also a group sometimes referred to as medium keepers. Both easy and hard keepers carry a managerial and financial burden which can be a dissuading facto...
Source: horsetalk.co.nz
