May 2003

Your Guide To Feeding Oil

Dumping corn oil in your horse's feed tub will make a shiny coat, but you're missing some prime benefits of feeding oil.

Horses on a hay-only diet usually require supplementation of EFAs.

We received several questions about feeding oil after our March 2003 shedding article, including oils vs. meals, whether to feed grocery-store corn oil and if you can cause founder by overfeeding it. To help you decide what's best for your horse, we formulated a how-to guide for feeding oil.

Too Much Oil…