If you follow this page, you probably have an interest in soundness, hoof rehab, and growing the healthiest hooves possible for an individual horse. We often talk about diet and nutrition as being a huge part of that. Something I’ve been exploring this year is the equine gut and microbiome and its role in allowing a horse to absorb and utilize the nutrients we are so diligently trying to feed them to grow healthier feet!
We all likely have clients or personal horses that are doing everything “right” – they are on a forage based, mineral balanced diet, moving as much as possible over varied terrain, living a species-appropriate life, who still may not have feet as good as we think they could have. For these horses, I have wondered if the gut is playing a role.
A few months ago I saw StableFeed post that they were studying the microbiome in some wild horses in Theodore Roosevelt National Park, and I knew I wanted to reach out to them about equine gut health! While they haven’t published their research yet, they are doing some really cool things looking at the bacteria in the equine gut, and company founder Mary Hartman and I dive into that in this week’s podcast episode.
You can hear the entire conversation on any podcast app under “The Humble Hoof,” or directly at this link.
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