September 23, 2009
Understanding Equine Digestion
Since its first domestication (about 5000bc), the horse has been used for many purposes; initially for meat, then for transport and for use in battle, leading us to its modern use, for pleasure. The horse is suited to a high fiber diet due to the continual microbial fermentation within its caecum and colon. It is its domestication that leads the horse to use and therefore need more energy than can be provided by their usual high fiber natural diet of grass.
