This accessible guide provides practical advice to the horse owner on how to assess the individual horse's nutritional needs in the most effective and economical way. This should, in turn, reduce feed and veterinary bills and enhance the horse's quality of life. Topics covered include evolution and equine behaviour; the digestive system and how it works; digestion and absorption; utilization of essential nutrients; minerals and vitamins; conventional and compound feeds; and clinical nutrition and food-related problems.
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15 b&w photographs, 65 line drawings, charts and diagrams, index
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Höhe: 235 mm
Breite: 165 mm
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978-1-86126-565-4 (9781861265654)
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Derek Cuddeford is a lecturer and researcher in equine nutrition and a leading authority on the subject. He writes articles regularly for the equestrian press.
Evolution; early horse behaviour; digestion; nutrients and their absorption; minerals; vitamins; grassland; conventional feeds; compound feeds; feeding for maintenance; feeding for breeding and growth; feeding for performance; clinical nutrition and food-related problems; ration formulation.
