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When managing overweight horses or ponies, the goal is to reduce energy intake while maintaining overall nutritional balance. Strategic feeding supports fat loss without compromising health, digestive function, or muscle integrity. - Nutritional Strategies for Equine Weight Loss Establish a caloric deficit to promote mobilization of fat reserves - Maintain minimum forage intake at 1.5% bodyweight (dry matter), unless under veterinary supervision - Apply forage-slowing techniques to prevent prolonged fasting and support gut health - Forage typically meets protein needs; excess protein can hinder fat metabolism - Use a low-intake balancer to meet vitamin, mineral, and amino acid requirement As horses’ nutritional requirements are as individual as their personalities, it’s impossible to give hard and fast generalised rules. Learn more in this week’s 𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬™...