Equine Nutrition

[Nocturnal]

Does anyone have any links to some good sources on equine nutrition? I'm interested in things like RDA of vits/mins, and daily dosages of things like MSM for optimum health. Needed for a horse with a rather dodgy immune system!

TIA.

 

[akashapachamama]

Not sure if this is what youre looking for but Dr Kellon does fantastic online nutrition courses... You can also email her with questions and i think she does consultations.
Would definitely recommend having a look...

http://www.drkellon.com/home.html

 

[ThePony]

Will be watching this thread with interest!
Would be so interested to know things like RDA of nutrients. Have looked loads but can't find the info anywhere! How can feed manufactuers quote feeding levels without this info?
I also don't like that it seems to find this very basic, yet very important info, you have to part with the £. Where do those getting the £ get the info from? There must be research papers somewhere that have generated these results?

 

[Nocturnal]

akashapachamama - thanks, useful site. I may have to resort to paying for a course if I can't find the information anywhere for free If she'd do a consult focussing on my horse that'd be good too.

glosgirl - totally agree. Feed/supplement companies seem to delight in telling you about the x, y and z that's in their feed, but not how much a horse actually needs! Madness!

 

[HBBambee]

http://www.iceep.org/pdf/iceep2/_1129110000_001.pdf

This is quite interesting (recently read this in a lecture at uni)...scroll past the first page and then read on.

 

[Nocturnal]

HBBambee - Thanks . Can't read right now as I'm at work, but will read through it at lunch time.