This document discusses feeding and nutrition for horses. It covers different types of roughage including various hays and pasture grasses as well as concentrates, protein supplements, and minerals that can be included in a horse's diet. The document also addresses calculating nutrient requirements, feed management practices, and factors to consider such as individual needs, dental health, and exercise.

1. EQUINE MEDICINE
Feeds and Feeding Horses

2. Roughage
• Hay
• Legumes
• Alfalfa
• High nutrient
content
• Clover
• Lower protein

3. Roughage
• Hay
• Grass
• Timothy
• Low protein
• Orchard
• Moderate protein

4. Roughage
• Hay
• Grass
• Cereal grass
• Oats, wheat,
barley, rye
• Fescue
• Low energy
• Toxic
• Bermuda
• Dry-fine stems

5. Roughage
Silage
Haylage

6. Pasture
• Natural
• 1 horse-2.5-5 acres
• Rotational grazing
• Stocking rate
• Factors
• Management

7. Concentrates
• High energy feeds
• Uses
• Regulate energy
• Regulate nutrients
• Problems
• Choke
• Tying-up
• Founder

8. Concentrates
Oats
Sorghum
Corn
Barley

9. Concentrates
Wheat
Cane Molasses
Wheat Bran

10. Protein Supplements
• Linseed meal
• Soybean meal
• Cottonseed meal
• Commercial
Supplements

11. Minerals
• Trace mineral salt
• Natural craving
• No Calcium
• No Phosphorus

12. Calculating Nutrients
• Requirements
• Feed types
• Palatability
• Maximum feed
intake
• Nutrients in feed

13. Feed Management
• Quality feeds
• Balanced rations
• ½ ration-hay
• Free choice salt
• Monitor teeth
• Regular exercise
• Feed as individuals