Horse diets should take into account the fermentation factor, findings suggest
Horsetalk.co.nz Horse diets should take into account the fermentation factor, findings suggest Sport-horses diets are designed to ensure maintenance, work and, in some cases, growing requirements. High-performance horses are often fed high-performance diets, calculated with precision based on nutritional values, but fresh research in Chile suggests it may not be that simple. Horses are hindgut fermenters. “It is therefore important to determine the postgastric nutritive value of their feedstuffs and diets,” Mónica Gandarillas, Juan Pablo Keim and Elisa María Gapp wrote in their...
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