Feeding Horses to Increase Weight and Body Condition

There are a number of circumstances in which owners may want their horses to increase body condition. It may simply be because a horse has lost some weight over the winter months from less access to pasture, or because it is a very hard keeper. However, it may be because of something more serious, such as recovering from illness, parasitic infection, or from surgery. Then, too, a horse might be purchased or rescued without the desired amount of fat coverage around the ribs and body, or it may even be undernourished.

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