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29 March 2018 THE HORSE TheHorse.com enough energy to allow him to work normally. 4. Offer a vitamin and mineral ration balancer (designed to provide a horse with required nutrients that can't be met with forage alone) if needed. 5. Again, use a grazing muzzle when turning horses out on lush pasture. Turn out every day in as large a pasture as possible and as often as possible to keep these horses moving. Most research regarding management has been done in horses with PSSM1 because Valberg maintained a herd of type 1 horses when she was at U of M and performed controlled diet and exercise trials on them. No controlled manage- ment trials have been performed on horses with PSSM2. "Until now the recommendations for both PSSM1 and PSSM2 have been similar, even though we don't know what causes PSSM2," Valberg says. She and her research team recently explored whether the above-described management recommendations applied to both groups of PSSM horses. "We applied the same management strategies to horses with PSSM2 and found that Quarter Horses responded remarkably well to the same diet and exercise regimes used for PSSM1 horses," she says. "In terms of Warmbloods, ap- proximately 80% showed improvements, but many horses didn't achieve the level of athleticism that owners expected. The Warmblood results, therefore, weren't as impressive as the Quarter Horses, but it appears we are still moving in a very posi- tive direction." Future Directions Researchers are continually trying to devise more targeted management strate- gies to help horses afflicted with PSSM. ...never ages. Your Purina retailer could tell you more than this ad ever could, or visit purinamills.com/equinesenior to learn more. © 2018 Purina Animal Nutrition LLC. All rights reserved. Equine Senior is a registered trademark of Purina Animal Nutrition. As Boo got older, so did his immune system. To help him live his best life, Purina ® Equine Senior ® horse feed was added to his diet. It has ActivAge, ® a proprietary prebiotic proven through years of research to support a senior horse's aging immune system. So, now at 31, Boo shows how animals speak louder than words. ISABELLE ARNON If your PSSM horse is in moderate work and needs additional energy, supplement with an appropriate oil for added fat.