1989. Growth and clinical biochemistry were examined over 30 wk in 42 light horse weanlings fed high-forage diets (73 to 77% alfalfa) or high-concentrate diets (63 to 65% grain and grain by-products) that were either low (.24 to .35%), normal (.68%) or high (.95 to 1.06%) in P.

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1996. To test the hypothesis that dietary fats may improve tractability of horses, the effects of four total mixed diets on behavior were compared.

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2005. Muscle disorders characterized by the development of pain and stiffness during and after exercise (exertional rhabdomyolysis, ER) are common in horses.

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2005. The objectives of this study were to determine the effects of dietary FOS on the fecal responses in terms of pH, the microbial population, and VFA concentrations.

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1927. The horse feeding tests carried out in Connecticut in 1924 and 1925 were in stables owned by two ice delivery companies. 

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1935. In the range area, production methods vary depending upon the operator, the main difference being inlthe management rather than in the feeding.

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1980. Four isocaloric diets containing 4, 8, 12 and 16% dietary fat (as soybean oil) were fed to four horses at four intervals according to a Latin square design.

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1990. Housing temperature effects on growth, feed utilization and feed digestion of 12, 7-mo-old Standardbred colts were evaluated for 22 wk beginning in late November. Colts were assigned to one of two treatments: housed in a barn with no external heat supply (cold).

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2004. Muscle glycogen synthesis depends on glucose availability. This study was undertaken to determine the glycemic and insulinemic response of horses to equal amounts of hydrolyzable carbohydrates (starch and sugar) in the form of one of three grain meals or intragastric administration of a glucose solution.

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1985. Eighteen mature horses were used to study protein requirements of working horses.

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1997. The effect of vitamin E intake on indicators of muscle integrity was studied in exercised horses.

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2005. Specific quantitative methods for determining insulin resistance have been applied to obesity, activity/inactivity, reproductive efficiency, and exercise in horses, but only nonspecific indications have implicated insulin resistance as a risk factor or component of equine diseases.

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2006. This study was conducted to determine the effect of Se supplementation and source on the Se status of horses.

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2006. This study was undertaken to investigate the effects of feeding large, carbohydrate-rich, concentrate meals on the satietyinducing hormone, leptin.

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1989. The effects of diet and climate were assessed in 42 light horse weanlings over 30 wk. Horses were fed diets varying in energy and phosphorus content.

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2004. Ten horses of Thoroughbred or Standardbred breeding were used to study the effects of dietary fish oil supplementation on the metabolic response to a high-intensity incremental exercise test.

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1989. Eighteen weanling horses were assigned to two treatments: limited or ad libitum feed intake. Growth and feed utilization were evaluated over a 78-wk period.

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2002. Locoweed (Oxytropis sericea) is a serious poisoning problem for horses grazing on infested rangelands in the western United States. Our objectives were to determine 1) whether lithium chloride or apomorphine would condition aversions to palatable foods, and at what doses, and 2) whether horses could be averted to fresh locoweed in a pen and grazing situation.

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2005. The objective of the study was to evaluate the effect of supplementary AA on the ability to support muscle mass in aging horses.

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1989. Eighteen Quarter Horse and Paint weanling colts were assigned to two treatments, either limit or ad libitum feeding.

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