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16 September 2016

Irish Field Contributor on 16 Sep 2016

HANDS ON: Equine nutrition - what you need to know

Aoife Byrne on the golden rules of feeding and the danger in having an overweight horse

Irish Field Contributor

16 September 2016

Many leisure horses may only need the addition of a vitamin and mineral supplement rather than a concentrate feed

To measure the horse's heart girth place the tape at the lowest point of the horse’s withers and directly behind the elbow

Roughage such as grass, hay and haylage ensures that the digestive system is always satisfactorily filled

FEED LITTLE AND OFTEN

This imitates the horse’s natural feeding pattern, and achieves satisfactory digestion by ensuring a constant passage of food through the digestive system.

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