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Equine Asthma and Heaves: What Keeps Airways Inflamed
What should you feed a horse with heaves? If every answer sends you shopping for another respiratory supplement, it's time to look at the rest of the ration.
In this episode, Audrey explores equine asthma and heaves through her anti-inflammatory forage approach. We're looking at the hay, pasture, feed, and supplements together, along with individual nutritional needs and the air your horse breathes throughout the day.
You'll hear how Audrey approaches whole-food omega-3 sources, antioxidant and herbal support, and mineral pattern assessment alongside environmental management and veterinary care. We also cover why copying another horse's feed can leave you guessing about your own horse's needs.
In this episode
- Feeding a horse with heaves: Why the complete ration includes long-stem forage, pasture, and everything added to the feed.
- The anti-inflammatory forage diet: Understanding the principles, evaluating ingredients, and accounting for nutrients when changing feeds.
- Flax and chia: Their role as whole-food omega-3 sources, plus a closer look at chia's quercetin and other plant compounds.
- Rose hips, spirulina, and nettle: The nutritional, traditional herbal, and mechanistic reasons Audrey considers these supportive options.
- Minerals and Metals Mane Testing: How Audrey incorporates MMMT into her assessment alongside diet and history, including questions involving zinc, magnesium, and potential metal exposures.
- Equine asthma management at home: Turnout suited to the horse's triggers, ventilation, low-dust bedding, hay preparation, and feeding-time dust exposure.
Before adding another product, gather your horse's feed and supplement labels, actual feeding amounts, and forage information. That gives you a much more useful starting point for reviewing the plan.
Equine Nutrition for Horse Owners
Learn the principles behind Audrey's anti-inflammatory forage approach so you can make more informed feeding decisions.
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Minerals and Metals Mane Test and nutrition consultations
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Audrey is not an MD or DVM and has never implied or claimed to be either. Audrey holds a Doctoral Degree in Traditional Naturopathy and a Master's Degree in Science. She created an evidence-based anti-inflammatory nutrition program for equines and has successfully helped over 10k horses with a balanced anti-inflammatory forage diet.
This information is non-medical in nature and is not meant to diagnose, prescribe for, treat, or cure, and is not a replacement for your veterinarian. These are my personal interpretations based on my education, skills, and experience.
Equine Energy Medicine refers to non-invasive, supportive modalities focused on energetic balance, nutrition, and overall well-being, and does not replace veterinary care.
