Equine Clinical Nutrition 2nd Edition

Features:

• The evolution of horses to changing food supply, the importance of their microbiome, and the behavior patterns of feeding and drinking
• Nutrient metabolism of water, energy, protein, minerals, and vitamins, plus ration assessment, farm investigations, forages, and toxic plants
• Manufactured feeds, dietary supplements, USA feed regulations, and feed safety protocols
• Nutritional assessment of horses by life stage, recognizing pain and discomfort behaviors, and dietary management of weight and major system disorders

Table of Contents:

Section I: The Horse

1. Animal Assessment
   1. Feeding Horses: Back to Evolution
   2. Nutritional Assessment of the Horse
   3. The Horse: Host
   4. The Horse: Microbiome

Section II: The Diet

1. Nutrient Metabolism
   1. Water
   2. Energy
   3. Protein
   4. Minerals
   5. Vitamins
2. Ration Assessment
   1. Ration Assessment and Farm Investigations
   2. Forages
   3. Toxic Plants
   4. Manufactured Feeds
   5. Dietary Supplements
   6. USA Feed Regulations and Safety

Section III: Feeding Management

1. Healthy Horses
   1. Feeding and Drinking Behaviors
   2. Feeding Adult and Senior Horses
   3. Feeding Athletes and Working Horses
   4. Feeding Stallions
   5. Feeding Broodmares
   6. Feeding Growing Horses
2. Clinical Nutrition
   1. Pain and Discomfort Behaviors
   2. Weight Management
   3. Refeeding and Assisted Feeding of Horses
   4. Musculoskeletal System Disorders
   5. Digestive System Disorders
   6. Endocrine System Disorders
   7. Metabolic Syndrome

Appendix

1. Case in Point Answers and Outcomes
2. Nutrition Resources
3. Nutrition Competencies of Equine Veterinarians
4. Feed Glossary
5. Average Body Weight and Heights of Horses
6. Abbreviations

Index