• Ideal addition to any feeding regime. Cooked Linseed is beneficial to performance, condition, skin and coat and general health. The processing method, involving just gentle cooking and milling, improves the availability of the nutrients and allows greater utilisation of linseed and a higher … [Read more...] about Five Benefits for Feeding Cooked Linseed
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Top Tips for Winter Feeding on a Budget
In the lead up to Christmas it can be quite expensive. It is the season of giving and money soon leaves our purses and wallets quicker than we like. Dr Tom Shurlock, consultant nutritionist for British Horse Feeds offers his top tips for winter feeding on a budget. Feeding on a budget is not … [Read more...] about Top Tips for Winter Feeding on a Budget
Fit Not Fat
Fat is not a bad thing. It acts as an energy store, insulates the body and helps regulate insulin. Problems occur when there is an excess. Obesity, for horses as for humans, is a negative condition. Although there may be underlying causes, the most common cause of “fat” is a simple equation; energy … [Read more...] about Fit Not Fat
5 Top Tips on How to Keep Your Horse Hydrated
5 TOP TIPS ON HOW TO KEEP YOUR HORSE HYDRATED Here British Horse Feeds consultant nutritionist, Dr Tom, offers his top tips on hydration. 1.Give your horse a pinch or a poke! With a well hydrated horse, a pinch or poke depression will fill in almost immediately. The more dehydrated a horse, the … [Read more...] about 5 Top Tips on How to Keep Your Horse Hydrated
Laminitis Top Tips
LAMINITIS TOP TIPS By Dr Tom Shurlock, nutritionist at British Horse Feeds 1 - Check. Laminitis develops in a number of phases. Symptoms such as hot hooves, physical damage such as white line and bruising etc. can appear at any time, depending on the underlying cause. Regular checks will help … [Read more...] about Laminitis Top Tips
Keeping Your Horse In the Best of Health with Beet Fibre
Dr Tom Shurlock, nutritionist with British Horse Feeds for Speedi-Beet & Fibre-Beet, discusses the benefits of beet fibre, micro flora, pre and probiotics, for horses and ponies and how they impact gut health. Beet fibre has long been used as an equine feed due to its nutritional suitability, … [Read more...] about Keeping Your Horse In the Best of Health with Beet Fibre
Feeding Speedi-Beet Can Help Prevent Autumn Laminitis
There are two main periods where grass can be a causative factor in initiating a laminitic response, spring and autumn. Where spring grass has been well publicised because it has extremely high levels of sugars and fructans, and these are regarded as triggers. Less obvious factors are at play in … [Read more...] about Feeding Speedi-Beet Can Help Prevent Autumn Laminitis
June is Colic Awareness Month
It is, perhaps, the one word a horse owner never wants to hear, summoning up images of downed horses, twisted guts, surgery – or worse. However, the more we understand about colic, the more we can both treat and avoid the condition. So first of all, what is colic? Colic means “gut pain” and there … [Read more...] about June is Colic Awareness Month
Fat Ponies At Risk for Laminitis
Why are fat ponies at more risk of developing laminitis than fat horses? What is different about their metabolism that commonly results in an increased incidence of laminitis? It is generally accepted that there is a breed susceptibility in laminitis. There are regular surveys on the incidence of … [Read more...] about Fat Ponies At Risk for Laminitis
Winter feeding for the senior equine
Winter Feeding for the Senior Equine - Tips and information on diet options for your aging horse to help keep weight and stay warm as winter approaches. By Dr. Tom Shurlock of British Horse Feeds. It is naturally assumed that, as your horse grows older, it will put on or lose weight. The senior … [Read more...] about Winter feeding for the senior equine