Happy Horse Nutrition
Happy Horse Nutrition
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Join Dr. Nerida McGilchrist, a world-renowned equine nutritionist with over 20 years of experience, as she simplifies the science of horse nutrition into actionable insights. Trusted by top trainers and breeders, Nerida combines her passion for data with engaging interviews of leading experts in the field. With her warm, humorous style, she uncovers the latest research and practical tips to optimise your horse's health and performance. Tune in for expert advice that you can apply today!
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The show focuses on equine nutrition, veterinary science, and horse health, with episodes that include discussions on horse feeding practices like forage management and understanding equine digestive systems, alongside insights from leading equine experts.
The Happy Horse Nutrition Podcast with Dr Nerida McGilchrist makes horse nutrition make sense. A PhD equine nutritionist with more than 25 years of experience, Dr Nerida shares practical feeding advice, explains the science in plain English, and interviews leading experts in horse health, welfare and nutrition. From gut health and supplements to performance feeding and common mistakes, each episode helps horse owners, breeders and trainers feed with more confidence.
There is no time in horse nutrition where you need both art AND science more than when you are feeding a weanling.
These funny, curious, chaotic little creatures are walking a tightrope every single day… growing fast enough to reach their genetic potential, but not so fast that they end up with bone or joint disease.
Get it wrong, and you are looking at OCD, contracted tendons, physitis, stunted growth, and a horse that never becomes what it was born to be. Get it right, and you lay the foundation for a lifetime of health and soundness.
In this episode, professional equine nutritionist Dr. Nerida draws on 25 years of experience and thousands of weanlings from Australian thoroughbred studs to Japan’s biggest breeding farms, to walk you through exactly what your weanling needs and why.
You’ll learn:
- How to manage weanling growth rate and body condition score to reduce developmental orthopaedic disease risk
- Why energy intake is one of the most important factors in weanling joint health
- How pasture quality, climate, and compensatory growth affect your weanling’s diet… and how to stay two steps ahead
- Why protein quality (not just quantity) is critical for muscle and bone development in young horses
- The fine details about calcium, phosphorus, and trace minerals and why almost every pasture Nerida has tested falls short
- Three practical feeding strategies for weanlings depending on your situation; and
- Why a balanced diet… NOT a restricted one… gives your weanling the best shot at lifetime soundness
Whether you have one very special homebred foal or paddocks full of youngsters, this episode gives you the knowledge and the confidence to feed your weanlings well.
📱 If you’d like help balancing your weanlings' diet, download the MyHappy.Horse app on the Apple App Store and start building a diet you can feel confident about. https://apps.apple.com/au/app/myhappy-horse/id6633422324
💖 And if this episode helped you, please share it with a horsey friend (especially the one currently with a pregnant mare 😅)
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