{"id":1749,"date":"2025-11-07T13:32:25","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T12:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/45048562c.agencyhosting.be\/?p=1749"},"modified":"2025-11-07T13:38:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T12:38:09","slug":"health-risks-of-incorrect-feeding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/equipona.com\/en\/health-risks-of-incorrect-feeding\/","title":{"rendered":"Health risks of incorrect feeding&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Feeding excessively large portions at once can<strong> overload the horse&#8217;s stomach and intestines<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This causes feed to enter the large intestine more quickly, where the intestinal flora is disturbed and digestion is impaired.<br \/>\nThe result? A series of problems that are easily prevented with a well-considered feeding strategy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Esophageal Obstruction<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Eating too quickly can lead to a <strong>blockage in the esophagus.<\/strong><br \/>\nThe feed doesn&#8217;t pass further into the stomach, making it impossible to swallow saliva.<br \/>\nSuch an obstruction is painful and can even be life-threatening.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Gastric Ulcers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Prolonged or excessive use of concentrated feed can cause the stomach contents to become too acidic.<br \/>\nThis irritates the stomach lining and can eventually lead to <strong>painful gastric ulcers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Colic<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When a horse is fed too much concentrated feed at once, it can cause colic. Colic isn&#8217;t a disease in itself, but a collective term for pain or disturbances in the digestive system.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s one of the most <strong>common and dangerous complications<\/strong> of improper feeding.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Feed wisely<\/strong>. Large portions at once carry unnecessary risks.<br \/>\nBy cleverly dividing the feed into <strong>small, frequent meals<\/strong>, your horse&#8217;s digestion remains balanced \u2014<br \/>\nand feeding contributes to a <strong>healthy, happy, and stress-free horse<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1723 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/equipona.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Spijsvertering.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"385\" height=\"385\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feeding excessively large portions at once can overload the horse&#8217;s stomach and intestines. This causes feed to enter the large intestine more quickly, where the intestinal flora is disturbed and digestion is impaired. The result? A series of problems that are easily prevented with a well-considered feeding strategy. 1. Esophageal Obstruction Eating too quickly can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1723,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.4 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Health risks of incorrect feeding... - Equipona<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/equipona.com\/en\/health-risks-of-incorrect-feeding\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Health risks of incorrect feeding...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Feeding excessively large portions at once can overload the horse&#8217;s stomach and intestines. 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