equine nutrition advisor II

Curriculum

Anatomy & Physiology

  • Digestive Enzymes

  • Metabolic pathways

  • Endocrine system basics

  • Insulin Dysregulation

  • Antioxidants


Supplement Categories

  • Bone Health

  • Calming

  • Digestive Enzymes

  • Electrolytes

  • Fly control

  • Gut supplements

  • Hyaluronic Acid

  • Metabolic

  • Minerals with Dr. Young

  • Muscle Building

  • Omega 3 fatty acids

  • Pre & Probiotics

  • Respiratory

  • Skin & Coat

  • Weight gain


Supplement & Additive Directory

  • Aloe vera

  • Avocado/Soy Unsaponifiables

  • Beet pulp

  • Bentonite clay

  • Beta-glucan

  • Camelina

  • Chasteberry

  • Colostrum

  • Devil’s Claw

  • EPA & DHA

  • Fenugreek

  • Flax

  • Fish oil

  • Fructooligosaccharides (FOS)

  • Glucosamine

  • Iron (Red Cell)

  • Jiaogulan

  • L-Glutamine

  • Marshmallow Root

  • Mannanoligosaccharides (MOS)

  • Methylsulfonylmethane

  • Milk Thistle

  • Plasma

  • Psyllium

  • Quercetin

  • Raspberry leaves

  • Resveratrol

  • Rice bran

  • Silicon

  • Strongid C (daily)

  • Vitamin A

  • Vitamins, B

  • Vitamin C

  • Vitamin D

  • Vitamin K (Menadione)

  • Vitamin E

  • Yeast

  • Yucca


Feed Ingredients

  • Forms & Digestibility

  • Quality


Dietary Approaches

  • Organic

  • Non-GMO

  • Natural

  • Soy-free

  • Corn-free

  • Whole Foods (Ingredients)


Forage

• Guest speaker Dr. Catalano – forage expert

• Pasture management consulting

• Varieties in depth


Best Feeding Practices

  • Growth & Reproduction

  • Fetal Programming

  • Growth genetics and feeding foals

  • Developmental Orthopedic Diseases


Performance Horse Focus – competitors

  • FEI regulations

  • Endurance

  • Dressage

  • Eventing

  • Racing

  • Hunter/Jumper

  • Western – Reining, Cutting

  • Western – Barrel racing, speed events


Special Cases

  • Enteroliths

  • Muscle Myopathies

  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease

  • Ulcers

  • Fecal Water Syndrome

  • EPM

  • Founder

  • Starvation (cont.)

  • Renal disease


Allergies

  • Testing Methods and Efficacy

  • Ingredient Allergies

  • Elimination Diets


Medications – Mechanism of action

  • Metronidazole

  • Omeprazole

  • Pergolide (Prascend)

  • Ranitidine

  • Regumate

  • Thyro-L


Bloodwork

  • What your clients may share and how to read and respond to it