"A Lea & Febiger book."

Equine nutrition and feeds -- Water, energy, protein, carbohydrates and fats for horses -- Minerals for horses -- Vitamins for horses -- Harvested feeds for horses -- Pasture for horses -- Diet evaluation, formulation and preparation for horses -- Minimizing horse feeding costs -- Equine feeding and care -- General horse feeding practices -- General horse management practices -- Feeding idle and working horses -- Feeding and care of horses for athletic performance -- Breeding stallion feeding and care -- Broodmare feeding and care. Mare and foal care at foaling -- Growing horse feeding and care -- Equine clinical nutrition -- Sick neonatal foal care -- Sick horse feeding and nutritional support -- Developmental orthopedic diseases in horses -- Diagnosis of equine nutritional imbalances -- Plant poisoning of horses / Anthony P. Knight -- Feed-related poisonings of horses -- Behavioral problems in horses -- Equine nutritional requirements, feed composition, and conversion tables -- Dietary energy, protein, calcium and phosphorus recommended in horses's diet and amount of feed consumed. Mineral concentrations recommended in horses's diet compared to that in feeds -- Vitamin concentrations recommended in horses's diet compared to that in feeds -- Equations for calculating horse's daily nutrient requirements -- Daily energy, protein, calcium, phosphorus, and vitamin A recommended for horses -- Energy needs for physical activity -- Nutrient content of horse feeds -- Mineral supplements composition -- Feeds-weight/unit volume -- Conversion factors -- Molecular (atomic) weights and valences of common elements.