THOROUGHBRED HORSES 
252 pages
Published: 1 Jan 1999
Author(s): Kohnke, John R.
ISBN: 0-642-57883-4
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DownloadFeeding horses is often regarded as an art, with many owners using traditional diets, and others adopting more scientific feeding methods to get the best out of their horses. Although a great deal of scientific information is available, much of it provided over the years by our own Australian based research and observations, it does not always become readily available in a form that is understood and can be put into practice by horse owners and those feeding and caring for horses.
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