About the author

Dr Lucy Waldron has a PhD in Animal Nutrition and, since 1995, has worked in the animal feed industry in all species, mainly in the development of feeds and speciality ingredients to improve feeding efficiency, welfare and reduce the dependency on chemical and drug prophylactics, including antibiotics and hormones. Within this work she has been involved in research work, new product development, regulatory affairs, method development and running laboratories, technical support and marketing.

In 2005 she moved to New Zealand providing scientific and technical services to the feed and allied industries worldwide, including research projects, student supervision and examinations, data analysis to training, writing and editing. She has developed her own proprietary mix of grass seed for horses in NZ, focussed on maximising fibre and limiting sugar levels. In addition, Dr Waldron has been an expert witness in the Environment Court for reducing pollution from farm animals, and has been actively involved in researching rural water quality and its impact on animal health.

Her independent consultancy company, LWT Animal Nutrition Ltd, has clients globally, and deals with all species of animals, both companion and agricultural. Dr Waldron is Editor in Chief for two scientific journals (World’s Poultry Science Journal and Journal of Applied Animal Nutrition) and Scientific Editor for British Poultry Science. She is a Registered Nutritionist in the UK and NZ and an Accredited Animal Scientist with the British Society of Animal Science. Dr Waldron has successfully supervised many postgraduate students, has been involved in more than 50 peer reviewed and conference publications and has written or edited ten scientific books relating to animal nutrition.

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Contents

• Current status of equine nutrition 
• Water - the first limiting nutrient 
• Basic elements in equine nutrition 
• The equine digestive tract 
• Feedstuffs for horses 
• Feeding individual horses 
• Feeding for breeding 
• Nutritional problems and diseases in horses 
• Paddocks and pasture 
• Formulating diets for horses 
• Index

1. CURRENT STATUS OF EQUINE NUTRITION 1
2. WATER - THE FIRST LIMITING NUTRIENT 5
3. UNDERSTANDING energ y 13
4. BASIC ELEMENTS IN EQUINE NUTRITION 19
Fibre and forage 21
Carbohydrates 32
Protein 34
Minerals 39
Vitamins 52
5. THE EQUINE DIGESTIVE TRACT 61
Mouth 64
Oesophagus 65
Stomach 65
Small intestine 66
Large intestine 66
Rate of passage 67
Digestive enhancers 69
6. FEEDStuffs FOR HORSES 73
Grass and forage 75
Other fibrous feeds 77
Grain 79
7. FEEDing individual HORSES 83
Breed differences 85
Workload 86
Good versus poor doers 87

8. FEEDING FOR BREEDING 89
Broodmares 91
Foals 94
Practical feeds for young horses 102
Stallions 103
9. NUTRITIONAL PROBLEMS AND DISEASES IN HORSES 107
Promoting immunity through nutrition 109
Problematic feeding materials 110
Minerals, antioxidants and immune responses 110
Supplements to boost immunity 111
Laminitis 112
Ulceration 115
Mycotoxicosis 118
Starved horses 121
Stereotypical behaviour 125
10. paddocks and pasture    131
Pasture and paddock maintenance 133
11. FORMULATING DIETS FOR HORSES 139
Feeding made easy 143
Index 145

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