Study: Broodmares on Pasture Don’t Always Need Grain

Horse owners are continually looking for ways to reduce feed costs without disturbing their horses’ health, and a group of French equine nutritionists have some good news in this department: According to recent study results, lactating saddle horse mares on good quality pasture didn’t need to be fed grain to maintain their weight or their foals’ growth.

“Not complementing equine diets with feed would represent a double benefit to horse breeders, on an economic and environmental level,” said Claire Collas, PhD, researcher at French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) in Saint-Genès-Champanelle. Collas presented her work at the 2013 French Equine Research Day, held Feb. 28 in Paris……..
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