Applied equine nutrition and training: Equine NUtrition and TRAining COnference (ENUTRACO) 2011

Front Matter....Pages 1-11
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
Practical news on equine nutrition for the breeder published in scientific literature between 2009–2011....Pages 15-19
The rider’s interaction with the horse....Pages 21-30
Training techniques to reduce the risk of back injury....Pages 31-38
Equine nutrition - clinical cases where nutrition is involved....Pages 39-48
Feeding and training the endurance horse: how science can serve the practitioners....Pages 49-70
How can we practically manage obese horses and ponies?....Pages 71-90
Importance of the lactate parameter for performance diagnosis and for the regulation of training in top competition athletics and in recreational sports....Pages 91-111
Performance diagnosis and training monitoring of human athletes in track & field running disciplines....Pages 113-133
Practical news on advances in nutrition for performance horses and ponies between 2009-2011....Pages 135-157
Do animals use natural properties of plants to self-medicate?....Pages 159-170
Feed supplements to maintain performance and health....Pages 171-183
Will total mixed rations be the future of horse feeding?....Pages 185-191
Front Matter....Pages 193-193
Effect of a complementary horse feed on nervous horse behaviour....Pages 195-203
The effect of caecal pH on in vivo fibre digestibility in Norwegian trotter horses....Pages 205-211
Effect of 5 week training period on the glycemic and insulinemic response to a cereal meal in Standardbreds....Pages 213-219
The use of equine K4b 2 during incremental field exercise tests in driven Standardbred trotters: a preliminary study....Pages 221-226
The effects of a high starch, cereal- based diet compared to a low starch, fibre-based diet on reactivity in horses....Pages 227-231
A marine mineral supplement for Aquacid™....Pages 233-234
High level endurance training: descriptive study based on the follow-up of the French team over seasons 2009 and 2010....Pages 235-241
Workload during an eventing competition....Pages 243-250