SECTION F Nutrition

Question 1

Why does the horse require a range of nutrients in his diet?

Question 2

What might make you suspect a horse was lacking the correct nutrients?

Question 3

What nutrients does a horse require?

Question 4

Which foods contain a significant percentage of water/protein/carbohydrate/fats and oils/vitamins?

Question 5

Why is it a good idea to know the weight of your horse with regards to feeding?

Question 6

Please describe how to use a weigh tape.

Question 7

When might you use a weigh tape?

Question 8

Where can I find a weigh bridge to weigh my horse?

Question 9

How do you go about using a weigh bridge?

Question 10

Give me estimates of weight in kg for each of our 10 horses.

Question 11

If a condition score was a two or a five, what programme might you put in place for a horse?

Question 12

Why should horses not be asked to carry riders that are too heavy?

Question 13

Please discuss the current problem of equine obesity

Question 14

Why is it so important that horses are not obese?

Question 15

How do you know if a horse is obese?

Question 16

What problems might arise for a horse that is too fat?

Question 17

What total weight of food would a horse require in a 24-hr period

Question 18

How would you break the total weight of daily food down to ensure health of the horse’s digestive system?

Question 19

Please tell me why bio security / hygiene is important in feed rooms?

Question 20

How might you change a diet if a horse’s workload increases?

Question 21

What bio security is applied in your yard feedroom?

Question 22

Can you give me some examples of poor bio security in a feed room?

Question 23

Have you ever had a rodent problem; how did you deal with it?

Question 24

What can you do to prevent a rodent problem?

Question 25

How do you go about guaranteeing you buy good hard feed and forage?

Question 26

How should hay be stored to prevent deterioration of quality?

Question 27

How do you store hay and haylage safely?

Question 28

Explain how you try to buy your feed economically?

Question 29

Describe what information is found on a feed bag label?

Question 30

Why is it important to understand the different percentages within the nutrient information provided by the manufacture?

Question 31

Please describe how you store your hard feed?

Question 32

Feeding large numbers of horses can be time consuming. Describe a feeding regime that is time efficient and flexible for a yard of horses?

Question 33

Have you fed any forage alternatives? Was it successful?

Question 34

What forage alternative would you consider feeding?

Question 35

Please explain why fibre-based diets are now widely fed?

Question 36

When might you add concentrates to a fibre-based diet?

Question 37

How would you go about adding the concentrates?

Question 38

What are balancers or feed additives?

Question 39

Please tell me when, or whether, balancers/feed additives are necessary

Question 40

How do you choose the correct food additive for your horse?

Question 41

How do you know if the balancer/additive is effective?

Question 42

How does the digestive tract affect the way we feed our horses?

Question 43

Please tell me how your feeding routine is designed to enhance the natural pattern of the digestive tract.

Question 44

Can you name some problems that can arise from not considering the workings of the digestive tract?

Question 45

How might you recognise a problem that comes from ignoring the workings of normal digestion?

Question 46

What can cause a horse to become a difficult feeder?

Question 47

What strategies have you used to tempt difficult feeders?

Question 48

Please tell me of two ways you can tempt a horse that is off its food to eat.

Question 49

Outline the difference between the work and feed needed for a show horse and an event horse.

Question 50

How would the work and feed differ for a dressage horse and a show jumper?

Question 51

What are the feed requirements for a Pony Club Endurance horse?

Question 52

What are the feed requirements for Pony Club Polo ponies, outline the differences for the various levels of polo?

Question 53

What health problems can be caused by feeding?

Question 54

Have you looked after a horse that has had health problems caused by feeding, how did you resolve the problem?

Question 55

Could you tell me about looking after a horse that has had azoturia?

Question 56

Is laminitis caused by feeding, if so, how should you feed a pony that has a history of laminitis?

Question 57

Have you taken any steps to make your yard eco-friendlier?

Question 58

Please discuss steps that might make many yards more eco-friendly

Question 59

What eco-friendly steps can you take when it comes to rubbish disposal?

Question 60

Which is the least eco-friendly practise that you have come across in a yard?

Question 61

What can you build in a yard without planning permission?

Question 62

How can you find out whether your planned buildings require planning permission?

Question 63

Please explain the changes of use in a yard that will require planning permission.