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Equine nutrition advice that makes a difference — tailored to body, lifestyle and purpose.
A horse’s nutritional requirements change with age, health, training, reproduction and recovery. That is why Equi Nutri Care offers different forms of nutrition advice, each tailored to a specific situation or stage of life.
Below you will find an overview of the available services. Choose the option that best suits your horse and read more about the approach and possibilities.
General Nutrition Advice
Balanced feeding, tailored to your horse.
General nutrition advice is intended for horses without a specific clinical or performance-related nutritional requirement. From easy-keeping Fjords and leisure ponies to senior horses, the ration is tailored to what your horse needs in its everyday situation.
No more than necessary, but no less either.
Who is it for?
- Leisure horses and horses without a specific clinical or performance-related nutritional requirement.
- Easy keepers or horses that gain weight easily.
- Horses whose owners want to know whether the current ration is truly appropriate and balanced.
What can you expect?
- Weighing session using our mobile horse scale
- Assessment of body condition according to the Henneke BCS scale
- Analysis of the current ration, including forage, complementary feed and supplements
- A clear report with practical, achievable adjustments tailored to your horse and your situation.
Can be upgraded with:
- Manure testing
- Forage Analysis
Clinical Nutrition Advice
Nutrition as part of treatment, recovery and management
Does your horse have a health condition in which nutrition and feeding management may play a role? This may include recurrent colic, gastric ulcers, laminitis, muscle problems or metabolic disorders. Clinical nutrition advice tailors the ration to the condition, the horse’s individual requirements and, where applicable, the veterinary treatment.
Who is it for?
- Horses with recurrent problems, such as colic, gastric ulcers or other gastrointestinal issues.
- Horses with muscle problems, metabolic or endocrine disorders such as EMS, insulin dysregulation, PSSM or PPID.
- Horses that need nutritional support during or after veterinary treatment.
What can you expect?
- Weighing session using our mobile horse scale
- Assessment of body condition according to the Henneke BCS scale
- Analysis of the current ration, including forage, complementary feed and supplements
- An evidence-based nutrition plan that takes into account the diagnosis, medical history, treatment and the horse’s individual requirements.
- Where relevant, coordination with the veterinarian or other treating professional.
Can be upgraded with:
- Manure testing
- Forage Analysis
Performance-focused Nutritional Advice
Nutrition tailored to training, workload and performance
For horses in regular work, it is not only the energy requirement that changes. The way energy is supplied, amino acid provision, recovery and — depending on the type of exercise — fluid and electrolyte requirements also play a role. The ration is therefore tailored to the individual horse, its workload and the type of work performed.
Who is it for?
- Sport horses in training and competition.
- Riding school and lesson horses in regular work.
- Driving and carriage horses, draught horses, endurance horses and other horses with a regular workload.
What can you expect?
- Weighing session using our mobile horse scale
- Assessment of body condition according to the Henneke BCS scale
- Analysis of the current ration, including forage, complementary feed and supplements
- Analysis of energy supply and expenditure, amino acid profile and recovery requirements.
- Where relevant, assessment of fluid and electrolyte provision.
- A nutrition plan tailored to the horse, the discipline, and the volume and intensity of training.
Can be upgraded with:
- Manure testing
- Forage Analysis
Age-Specific Nutrition Advice
Nutrition tailored to every stage of life - from foal to senior horse.
A horse’s nutritional requirements change throughout life. Growth requires a different balance of energy, protein, amino acids, minerals and trace elements than maintenance later in life. In senior horses, factors such as dental health, body condition, digestion and nutrient absorption may also influence what is needed, both practically and nutritionally.
Who is it for?
- Foals, yearlings and young horses in development.
- Senior and older horses with changing nutritional requirements.
- Older horses that struggle to maintain body condition, muscle mass or adequate feed intake.
What can you expect?
- Weighing session using our mobile horse scale
- Assessment of body condition and development appropriate to the horse’s stage of life.
- Analysis of the current ration, including forage, complementary feed and supplements
- Assessment of energy provision, amino acid profile, minerals, trace elements and key nutrient ratios.
- A nutrition plan tailored to age, development, body condition and individual requirements.
Can be upgraded with:
- Manure testing
- Forage Analysis
Reproductive Nutrition Advice
Nutrition tailored to breeding, pregnancy and lactation
Nutritional requirements change before and during reproduction. Body condition, energy provision, amino acids, minerals and trace elements require particular attention in broodmares and breeding stallions, throughout pregnancy and during lactation. The ration is therefore tailored to the individual horse and the stage of the reproductive cycle.
Who is it for?
- Broodmares before breeding and during pregnancy
- Lactating mares with a foal at foot
- Breeding stallions whose nutrition needs to match their body condition and reproductive workload.
What can you expect?
- Weighing session using our mobile horse scale
- Assessment of body condition according to the Henneke BCS scale
- Analysis of the current ration, including forage, complementary feed and supplements
- Assessment of energy provision, amino acid profile, vitamins, minerals and trace elements according to the stage of reproduction.
- A nutrition plan tailored to the horse, the stage of pregnancy or lactation, and its individual requirements.
Can be upgraded with:
- Manure testing
- Forage Analysis
Nutrition Rehabilitation
When nutrition needs to be rebuilt step by step.
After severe colic, intestinal surgery, prolonged hospitalisation or a period of greatly reduced feed intake, returning to a normal ration may take time and require careful, gradual rebuilding.
Some horses have little appetite or have become reluctant to eat certain feeds. Others are keen to eat, even though their full ration cannot yet be resumed immediately. Nutritional rehabilitation therefore focuses on a gradual rebuilding process that matches what the horse needs and can tolerate at that stage.
Where illness is involved, or recovery follows a procedure, this is done in line with the veterinarian’s treatment plan and instructions. Nutrition forms part of the recovery process; it does not replace veterinary care.
Sometimes nutritional rehabilitation does not begin with calculations, but with helping a horse regain the ability and willingness to eat.
Who is it for?
- Horses recovering from severe colic or intestinal surgery
- Paarden die langere tijd onvoldoende of moeilijk hebben gegeten
- Paarden waarbij het rantsoen na ziekte, opname of intensieve behandeling opnieuw moet worden opgebouwd
- Paarden die na een ziekteperiode terughoudend zijn geworden rond voer of bepaalde voedermiddelen
What can you expect?
- Een plan voor de stapsgewijze opbouw van voeropname en rantsoen
- Begeleiding bij de keuze van geschikte ruwvoeders en aanvullende voeding
- Afstemming op onder andere eetlust, mest, lichaamsconditie en herstelverloop
- Regelmatige evaluatie en aanpassing naarmate het paard meer aankan
- Where relevant, coordination with the veterinarian or other treating professional.
Weegsessie met mobiele paardenweegschaal
Meten is weten – gewicht als basis voor goed management
Het werkelijke gewicht van een paard is belangrijke informatie voor voedingsmanagement, het volgen van groei of gewichtsverandering en het nauwkeuriger afstemmen van rantsoen en supplementen. Toch wordt het gewicht nog vaak geschat, terwijl die inschatting behoorlijk kan afwijken.
Met onze mobiele paardenweegschaal wegen we je paard op locatie, rustig en zonder stress. Het gewicht combineren we met een beoordeling van lichaamsconditie en spierontwikkeling, zodat je niet alleen een getal krijgt, maar ook meer inzicht in de conditie van je paard.
Een eenmalige meting geeft een betrouwbaar uitgangspunt; herhaalde metingen maken veranderingen in gewicht en conditie zichtbaar.
Who is it for?
- Eigenaren die het werkelijke gewicht en de lichaamsconditie van hun paard willen kennen
- Fokkers en opfokstallen die groei en ontwikkeling willen volgen
- Paarden waarbij gewichtsverandering tijdens training, herstel of revalidatie belangrijk is
- Maneges, pension- en sportstallen die paarden periodiek willen laten wegen
What can you expect?
- Weegsessie op locatie met onze gekalibreerde mobiele paardenweegschaal
- Assessment of body condition according to the Henneke BCS scale
- Beoordeling van bovenlijn en spierontwikkeling
- Korte toelichting op de resultaten en ruimte voor vragen
Meer dan alleen voedingsadvies
Aanvullende diensten voor verdieping, monitoring en kennis
Niet iedere vraag vraagt om een volledig voedingsconsult. Soms wil je een rantsoen blijven opvolgen, meer weten over de kwaliteit van het ruwvoer, mest laten onderzoeken of je kennis over paardenvoeding en management verdiepen.
Daarom biedt Equi Nutri Care ook aanvullende diensten aan:
Educatie voor stallen, ruiters, fokkers en verenigingen
Ik geef lezingen, clinics en workshops op locatie of online. Onderwerpen kunnen variëren van rantsoenopbouw en sportvoeding tot spijsvertering, seizoensvoeding, voedingsmythes, welzijn en doelgericht voeden.
Geschikt voor:
- Manege- en stalteams
- Verenigingen en ruiterclubs
- Fokkers, sportstallen, hippische organisaties en opleidingen
De inhoud wordt afgestemd op het kennisniveau, de praktijk en de vragen van het publiek.
Samen aan de slag?
Wil je één van deze diensten inzetten, verschillende onderdelen combineren of iets op maat organiseren? Neem contact op, dan bekijken we samen wat passend is voor jouw paard(en), organisatie of team.