Thursday, July 3, 2008

Skinny article

Check out this indepth (quite long) article on caring for the skinny horse in the herd.

An excerpt:
Some horses are metabolically inclined to be hard keepers while others have medical, psychological or environmental reasons for having difficulty in maintaining weight. Increasing the caloric intake of a horse is not problematic if careful attention is paid to the feedstuffs offered to the horse. Manipulation of the amount and variety of energy sources will often achieve the ideal body condition on the hard keeper.

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