Part 2 – The Equine Digestive Tract: Hindgut – Mad Barn Vet Talk

This video is Part 2 of a two-part series on The Equine Digestive Tract. If you haven’t seen Part 1 on the Equine Foregut, go ahead and do that now 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wp0uMS43So&list=PLxMHb5lae7j8caurVU5NqVJ3xvOxCyczI&index=23&t=1s

Issues involving the digestive tract are among owners’ most common challenges with their horses. Whether it be dental disease, gastric ulcers, or colic, owners recognize that a lot can go wrong anywhere along the digestive path.

As hindgut fermenters, horses have a complicated and large digestive tract. Feed travels over one hundred feet in the average-sized horse to undergo the full digestive process!

Having a basic knowledge of your horse’s digestive process is crucial as a horse owner. Understanding what is normal helps owners identify when something isn’t quite right. It also serves as a foundation for good diet and management decisions supporting your horse’s digestive health.

Join Dr. Fran Rowe, one of Mad Barn’s Veterinary Nutritionists, to learn more about digestive anatomy and physiology in the horse. This two-part series is split between Part 1: Foregut and Part 2: Hindgut.

Interested in learning more about issues and diseases that can affect the hindgut in horses? We have many resources available:

General Overview
👉 https://madbarn.com/horse-digestive-anatomy/
👉 https://madbarn.com/hindgut-fermentation-in-horses/
👉 https://madbarn.com/impaction-colic-in-horses/

Cecum
👉 https://madbarn.com/tapeworms-in-horses/

Large Colon
👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac6qnVrUNjQ&list=PLxMHb5lae7j8caurVU5NqVJ3xvOxCyczI&index=2
👉 https://madbarn.com/right-dorsal-colitis-in-horses/
👉 https://madbarn.com/diarrhea-causes-in-horses/
👉 https://madbarn.com/colic-causes-in-horses/
👉 https://madbarn.com/strongyles-in-horses/

Rectum
👉 https://madbarn.com/melanomas-in-horses/
👉 https://madbarn.com/pinworms-in-horses/

Want to evaluate your horse’s diet? Follow this link to get connected with an equine nutritionist or explore our horse nutrition calculator:
👉 https://madbarn.com/analyze-diet/?modal=show

Have ideas for topics to cover or questions about your horse’s health? We would love to hear from you! Please send any questions or comments to vet@madbarn.com
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