This is the fourth of a 4-part series on feeding the horse, presented by internationally recognized and leading equine nutrition consultant Dr. Steve Jackson. In this segment the focus turns to the impacts of nutrition - from deficiency to excess of nutrients - on the health and productivity of horses. Discussion includes:

• How to identify whether health problems are due to management or the feed
• Nutritional excesses as a cause of disease in the horse
• Taking ownership of the health of horses
• The most common diseases that have a nutritional component including: 
  • Equine metabolic syndrome,
  • PPID or Cushings Syndrome
  • Nutritional secondary hyperparathyroidism
  • Myositis (recurrent exertional rhabdomyolysis, polysaccharide storage myopathy)
  • Hyperkalemic periodic paralysis
  • Fescue toxicity
  • Developmental orthopedic disease 
    
    Running time: 77 mins
    Approved for 1.25 hrs of CE credit by AAVSB RACE and NY State

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