Description
Book Synopsis"The content of this book gives scientifically validated practical hints or state of the art knowledge to veterinarians, breeders, riders and members of the feed industry on: - the nutrition of endurance horses; - the nutrition of growing horses to reduce prevalence of developmental orthopedic disease; - strategies to cope with exertional rhabdomyolysis; - and on the importance of nutrition for the maintenance and rehabilitation of health of teeth, hooves and the gastrointestinal tract without which a horse is no horse."
Table of ContentsDigestibility and retention of inorganic and organic forms of copper and zinc in yearling and mature geldings 11; Lance A. Baker; The impact of nutrition on dental health and management of equine teeth for optimal nutrition 27; Ian Dacre; Nutritional management to keep the hoof healthy 43; Hans Geyer; Feeding the endurance horse 61; Pat Harris; Impact of nutrition on the microflora of the gastro-intestinal tract in horses 85; Veronique Julliand; Nutritional management of horses with hoof diseases 105; Susan A. Kempson; Anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidative feed ingredients 113; Pierre Lekeux and Brieuc de Moffarts; Nutrition of the growing horse: Feeding management to reduce DOD 127; Joe D. Pagan; Differential diagnosis and nutritional management of equine exertional rhabdomyolysis 139; Stephanie Valberg; Impact of diseases on the gastrointestinal microflora, nutritional prevention of these diseases and nutritional management after occurrence 159; Scott J. Weese.
