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Overview of Horse and Equine Nutrition
  by Robert N. Oglesby DVM

Introduction

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Equine nutrition can be a complicated subject of amounts, percentages, ratios, guesses, and unknowns. However, the results of good nutrition are easily seen: a healthy, energetic animal in good condition with a glossy coat. As this article explains, the horse owner is able to achieve this result, not by memorizing long nutrition tables or feeding expensive supplements, but by developing a few skills and understanding basic principles of horse nutrition. Links are provided to other articles to further expound on the simple principles outlined below.
      ~Word Count: 6566 words (The average magazine page contains about 600 words);
      ~Last Updated: May 28, 2008;

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