Counting Calories at the Barn

…you out, we’ve put together this chart of calorie-burning values for common horse-related activities. Walking a 10-foot circle as you longe your horse will not only burn calories for you,…

Drop a Jeans Size

…maintain a healthy weight. – Calories are the measure of energy?fuel that keeps your body running. Fewer calories in (eat less) and more calories out (exercise more) means you’ll lose…

Fueling the Sporthorse

…be converted to heat, which can be measured. We measure the energy stored in feed in megacalories (Mcal) or kilocalories (kcal). Kilocalories may also be reported in literature as Calories

Send Your Horse To Fat Camp

calories in hay are expressed as DE (digestible energy) and given as Mcal/lb. (megacalories/lb.). Hays actually vary widely in their calorie content, from 0.7 Mcal/lb. or less for poor-quality hays,…

Feeding for weight gain

…your horse’s ration is to bolster the fat content. While carbohydrates and proteins offer around four calories per gram, fats offer a whopping nine calories per gram. If introduced slowly,…

Ask Horse Journal: 05/03

…have more calories than rice bran – calories from carbohydrate. Beet pulp has about 11% fewer calories than rice bran but more calories coming from carbohydrate and especially from easily…

Help For The Skinny Horse

…stores. However, fat is good for weight gain. We define a high-fat diet as one that contains more than 10% fat. However, some horses need added calories, and fat is…

Lite Is A Misnomer

…was actually higher in calories than most standard grain mixes. Fiber’s not the answer either, as using a feed that’s labeled “high fiber” is no guarantee you’ll get lower calories