Horses, like all animals, require both sodium and chloride in their diets. Together these two minerals form the common dietary ingredient – salt. When horses don’t receive enough dietary salt they can experience dehydration, impaction colic, muscle weakness, decreased blood volume and ultimately become intolerant to exercise

The nutritional management of the senior horse is challenging as there are no set criteria that define “old age” or the “senior” horse. The nutrient requirements of senior horses differ from other classes of horses because of the changes in metabolic and digestive efficiency that accompany the aging process.

Metabolic issues have become widespread in the modern horse, causing obesity, insulin resistance, and laminitis in horses and ponies. Proper nutritional balance can reduce the effects of metabolic issues in our equine partners.