L’alimentation des chevaux en post-opératoire

Postoperative feeding is as specific as possible to horses’ physiology and is adapted to the surgical stress. Preoperatively a thorough check –up is realised and feeding is adapted. One essential goal of postoperative feeding is to restore the transit with limited consequences on the digestive flora. In traumatised horses, metabolism consequences are far more important. You find hypermetabolism horses, hypometabolism horses, feeding has to be adapted to their specific needs. Taking into account surgery type, duration of anaesthesia, different fending plans are established, with respect to calcium and phosphorus status, energetic needs and with sufficient fibber content ...