Horse Feed Reference Guide Updated 04/2015 TABLE OF CONTENTS Nutrition Guidelines for Life Stage, Type and Clinical Disorders Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................3 Growing Horses ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................4 Foals ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................4 Orphan Foals .........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................4 Weanlings and Yearlings ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................4 Physitis ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................5 Wobbler Syndrome .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................6 Two Year Olds .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................6 Pleasure Horses ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................7 Brood Mares .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................7 Stallions ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................8 Older Horses .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................8 Performance and Show Horses.............................................................................................................................................................................................................9 Draft Horses ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................9 Warm Bloods and Sport Horses .........................................................................................................................................................................................................10 Ponies ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................11 Miniature Horses ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................11 Equine Metabolic Syndrome ................................................................................................................................................................................................................12 Equine Cushing’s Disease ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................12 Colic and Laminitis (Dietary Related) ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 13 Tying Up Diseases ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 13 Type 1 Polysaccharide Storage Myopathy (PSSM) ............................................................................................................................................................13-14 Type 2 Polysaccharide Storage Myopathy (PSSM) .................................................................................................................................................................. 14 Recurrent Exertional Rhabdomyolysis (RER) ........................................................................................................................................................................... 14 Shivers ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 15 Stringhalt ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 15 Recurrent Airway Obstruction (RAO) and Inflammatory Airway Disease (IAD) ..........................................................................................................16 Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis (HYPP) ..........................................................................................................................................................................................16 Excitable Behavior ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................17 Equine Protozoal Myelitis (EPM) .........................................................................................................................................................................................................17 Gastric Ulcers..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................18 Colonic Ulcers and Right Dorsal Colitis..........................................................................................................................................................................................18 Enteroliths ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................19 Obesity ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................19 Weight Gain ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Choke or Esophageal Obstruction .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 20 Kidney Disease ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................21 Liver Disease ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................21 Hyperlipidemia ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................21