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Nutrition

Equine superfoods with Dr. Carol Michael, part 3 

Weeds your horse ought to eat

Dr. Carol Michael on the equine super foods you can pick for free

Even if you can't keep your horses on a Welsh mountainside like Dr. Michael, you can help them to get a more varied diet by taking them on hedgerow foraging excursions. Or you can serve up a selection of weeds to them in their field or stable. What kinds of plants should you be offering? And how are domestic horses best introduced to the sometimes tough and bitter plants they would be forced to eat in nature but perhaps wouldn't choose in the presence of sweeter alternatives? Dr. Carol Michael explains.

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