Animal Nutrition and Micronutrition

If you are connected on this site, it is probably because horses occupy an important place in your life. You want the best for them, whether in terms of their health, their elegance, or even their power. Knowing how to feed them can be a real headache.

Research in Equine Nutrition has greatly advanced thanks to a better understanding of the physiology of horses, which is very different from that of other mammals.

Nutrition
The industrial production methods which today constitute almost all of the nutrient intakes of the so-called "standard" food, no longer make it possible - qualitatively and quantitatively - to cover the specific needs of organisms. This is the case for humans as well as animals.

The majority of foods contain too many sugars (as in humans), too many denatured cereals, GMOs, poor quality fats, lack of Micro-Nutrients, etc…
Added to this are the deficits in amino acids, minerals and trace elements in the pastures.

The Standard Diet approach defines the average needs in macro-nutrients, portions / rations / calories … to satisfy the nutritional recommendations of a population or group of equines in general.
It is not sufficient to cover all the needs of each equine, which has its own needs (genetic polymorphism).
Chronic deficits and long-term deficiencies undeniably dig the future bed of health problems and/or traumas, which the current diet cannot treat: lameness, inflammation of the tendons, muscle problems, allergies, skin problems, etc. …

The micro-nutritional approach
It is complementary to Standard Nutrition. It restores the balance between
the individual and his environment, and more particularly by ensuring the supply of molecules
essential for its specific metabolism.
The micro-nutritional contributions (Iron, Magnesium, Omega 3, 6 and 9, zinc, pre and probiotics,
etc…) make it possible to optimize the proper cellular functioning, and therefore the metabolism while
entire.
Far from being empirical, it uses knowledge of equine physiology and biochemistry
and supported by veterinary scientific studies.