STUDY: STRAW BEDDING MAY BE HEALTHIER
To improve your horse’s digestive and mental health, consider bedding his stall with straw.
A new study from Germany suggests that horses kept on edible bedding exhibit feeding behaviors closer to those found in a natural setting, which may reduce their risk of developing colic, gastric ulcers and stereotypies such as cribbing and weaving.
Previous research has shown that horses with continual access to pasture spend most of their 24-hour day grazing―never pausing from
