The Equine Digestive Tract - Detailed description of the anatomy and physiology as well as potential problems and disorder associated with the equine digestive tract.

Weight Loss in the Horse

Weight Loss in the Horse 2 - Part 2 Designed to help owners who are concerned about their horses not holding weight. Provides possible causes as well as potential remedies and helpful hints.

Feeding Herbs to Horses

Wendals Herbs - Wendals Herbs website

Forage types and Preservation

Nutrition: Hay Alternatives - This page provides a detailed overview of the practical considerations that should be observed when feeding hay alternatives such as haylage and silage. The safety aspect of feeding these forage types is also discussed.

University of Illinois - Discussion article from the University of Illinois from their pet section.

Forages and Pastures - Links to information on forage types, pasture management and other relevant aspects of the nutritive value of and necessary precautions required when feeding forage.

Fescue in the Horses diet - Hay quality and horse nutrition are covered on this page which was published by the USA pharmaceutical company Bayer. This page is an excellent introduction to the scientific reasoning behind the necessity to analyse forage samples before feeding to horses.

Botulism - The dangers of feeding silage to horses.

Hay Quality - The importance of selecting quality hay for horses.

Hay quality and horse nutrition -

Nutritional Toxicity

Beware of Fescue Toxicosis in Brood Mares -

Brood Mares Grazing Tall Fescue Pastures or fed Tall Fescue Hay - Observation requirements of stock that graze tall fescue pastures.

Dietary Toxicosis - Brilliant section on dietary toxicosis. This section covers signs to look for, prevention and potential treatments/antidotes.

Basic grounding in Feed Types - The basic ground-rules of how to feed your horse or pony are detailed here as well as colourful illustrations and the types of feed available.

Horse Feeds UK - This site is entirely dedicated to the UK horse feed industry and its customers. Extremely useful for horse owners and students alike, this site provides advice and guidance as well as a directory containing solely feed companies. Nutritional hazards such as laminitis are described in a topical fashion, with an emphasis on prevention rather than cure.

NAF UK - As the manufacturers of natural remedies, NAF have ensured that as well as a form of marketing their products, this site is especially useful for those tackling seasonal disorders of the horse such as 'sweet itch' and 'laminitis'.

Baileys Horse Feeds -

Balanced Horse Feeds -

Cox the Saddler Horse Feed Directory -

HorseHage -

Top Spec -

Horse Feed Nutrition Guide -

Nutrition Information and Research

Equine Vetnet - Equinevetnet section on nutrition. Great detail is described and special headings are included such as news articles, research and toxicosis.

Equine Nutrition and Research by Susan Evans-Garlinghouse MSc - Brilliant!! Understandable scientific explanations of relevant nutrition topics such as the Ca:P ratio and tying up syndrome.

Horses@about.com - This site provides the answers to many FAQs as well as a broad focus on the basis of the horse's diet being forage. Electrolyte usage is questioned and there are many articles on controlled weight loss in the equine..

Horsecentric: Nutrition - Useful tips on how to tell if a horse is receiving the required nutrients as well as rationing and feed supplementation.

Nutrition of the Clinically ill Horse - This page directs the handler in how to feed a clinically ill horse. Throughout, comments are made on the effects of specific ailments/injuries on the immune system and nutrient requirements.

The Respiratory System & Disease

Disease of the Lower Respiratory Tract -

Undetected Respiratory Disease in the Horse - Janet Wescombe BSc(Hons) HorseHage Consultant has written this article which also appeared in 'Absolute Horse' magazine. The article speaks of the relationship between respiratory disease and the environment in which the horse lives with regard to the prevention of respiratory disease & the potential for undetected respiratory disease.

Respiratory and Dust Allergies - Written by Clare Lockyer of Spiller's Feeds, this article explains the effects of pulmonary obstruction in the competition horse and the seasonal variation of microbes present in the horse's everyday environment.

Equine Respiratory Disease: A case scenario - This site is dedicated the diagnostic procedure related to respiratory disease and displays graphic photos of signs to look out for.

Equine Respiratory Health. A journey through a Horses lungs - The approach of this page is rather unique in that it takes a 'journey through the horse's lungs'. The focus is on prevention rather than cure and various approaches to this are described scientifically and in detail.

Conquering Respiratory Disease - The focal point of this site is the endoscopic examination. The target subject is the performance horse and how respiratory disease, even if undetected, can have a negative effect on the horse's performance. This site is great for those studying 'Exercise Physiology' as it explains the workings of the respiratory system and problems caused by obstruction in an understandable scientific manner.

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - A general information page on COPD.

The Equine-Allergy Clinic - A page dedicated to allergy-related respiratory problems.

Equine Airway Disease -

Is there a gene that pre-disposes horses to having COPD? -

Respiratory Disease and the Endurance Horse -

Respiratory Disease of the Equine Neonate -