types of feed additives horses
Feed manufacturers have begun to use feed additives such as enzymes, direct-fed microbials (probiotics), yeast cultures, and highly absorbable chelated minerals that appear to increase digestibility and absorption of nutrients and help maintain proper function of the horse's delicate digestive tract. horse primarily obtains feed while grazing and browsing. When offered pasture as its primary source of nutrition, a horse depends largely on hindgut fermentation, using a variety of hydrolyzable (susceptible to enzymatic digestion) and fermentable carbohydrates as its main energy source.