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Description: Get your horse health-care, management, and industry questions answered here! Ask the TheHorse Live is a free audio event available exclusively from The Horse.
Each month, Ask TheHorse Live focuses on a specific equine health care and industry topic hand-picked by our editors. We gather leading veterinarians, researchers, and industry experts to tackle even your toughest questions, submitted in one of two ways:
- Prior to the event during registration.
- During our live online broadcast.
Join us live to be part of the discussion, or listen on-demand to archived podcasts. It’s that easy!
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Ask The Horse Live connects leading veterinarians and industry experts with horse owners to answer your equine health questions. Learn about cutting-edge research and hear practical advice for taking care of your horses. This podcast is a rebroadcast of Ask The Horse Live, which is recorded in front of a live audience.
Developing a well-rounded and balanced nutrition plan for your competition horse can be challenging. He needs a feed program that meets all his basic nutritional needs while giving him enough energy to keep up with training and showing. Listen in to learn how to determine your horse’s nutritional needs and how to meet them in a safe way.
This podcast is brought to you by Purina Animal Nutrition.
About the experts:
Shannon Pratt-Phillips, PhD, received her Master of Science from the University of Kentucky and her Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Guelph, focusing on equine nutrition and exercise physiology. Pratt-Phillips joined the faculty at North Carolina State University in 2006, where she currently teaches equine nutrition in the Department of Animal Science. She is the director of the Distance Education Animal Science Programs, which includes the Master of Animal Science program, and her field of research focuses on glucose metabolism, insulin resistance, obesity, and laminitis prevention and management in horses.
Anna Pesta Dunaway, PhD, is a Nutritionist on the Equine Technical Solutions Team at Purina Animal Nutrition. She is responsible for helping to bring innovative solutions from the research team out to the field. She spends most of her time providing technical consultations and support to the sales team on the East Coast, as well as speaking on equine nutrition at horse owner meetings and professional conferences. Anna earned her BS in Animal Science from Kansas State University and received both her MS and PhD in Animal Nutrition from the University of Nebraska. Her graduate research focused on the use of high fat diets and manipulating the microbial community in the gut. Anna resides in Aiken, SC and is a lifelong equestrian with a special interest in the nutrition and development of the future sport horse.

Recent Episodes
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Creating a Nutrition Plan for the Competition Horse
Developing a well-rounded and balanced nutrition plan for your competition horse can be challenging. He nee...
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Equine Pain and Discomfort
Horses can show discomfort for a plethora of reasons. Injuries, aging, veterinary procedures, and more can ...
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Equine Joint Health
Prioritizing joint health is imperative to your horse’s comfort, both under saddle and in the field. Join o...
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Understanding Equine Insulin Resistance
Horses with insulin issues need to be managed carefully to live good-quality lives. Join our host, Shoshana...
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Feeding Senior Horses
Good nutrition and a balanced diet are important for all horses, but do senior horses have special requirem...
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Managing Your Horse’s Allergies
Do you have an allergy-prone horse? Join our host, Shoshana Rudski, as she interviews Dr. Lara Tomich, of D...
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Myths and Misconceptions About Equine Nutrition
Does alfalfa make horses “hot”? Should they not eat before exercising? Many of our feeding practices are ba...
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EPM: Help For Your Horse
Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM) is notoriously difficult for veterinarians to diagnose and equally...