Health & Education
We all want the best care possible for our horses. The Heath & Education section covers both Learning Institutions, Organizations as well as many sources for equine assistance including Veterinarians and Farriers.
For those who want a to formally study horses, the Education section includes College Riding, Equine Studies, and Veterinary Schools. Learn about the wide variety of horses in the Horse Breeds section. Supplements and Treatments Therapy are also included in the section.
Everyone can learn from Fine Art and there are some specialty Museums that might surprise you.
Horses as a therapy partner enrich the lives of the disabled. These facilities are listed in our Therapeutic Riding section. To help children and young adults build confidence and grow emotionally, please see the resources available on the Youth Outreach page.
Looking for a place to keep your horse? You can find it in the Horse Boarding section. Traveling? Find a Shipping company or Horse Sitting service if your horse is staying home!
Want to stay up to date with the latest training clinics or professional conferences? Take a look at our Calendar of Events for Health & Education for the dates and locations of upcoming events.
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by Eleanor Kellon, VMD
The only carbohydrate fractions that matter are those that increase insulin.
HYDROLYZABLE CARBOHYDRATES (HC)
Hydrolyzable carbohydrates (HC) are defined as those digestible in the small intestine. Microbial fermentation is much less in the small intestine than the hind gut, so those carbohydrates will be absorbed intact.
Starch is digested entirely to glucose. Simple monosaccharide sugars like glucose and fructose are absorbed intact. Disaccharide sugars like sucrose (table sugar) and lactose (milk sugar), and the trisaccharide trehalose, are broken down into monosaccharides by enzymes present at the brush border of the small intestinal cells, then absorbed. These are the HC and the only components that increase blood glucose and therefore insulin.
FERMENTABLE CARBOHYDRATES
More complex plant sugars like cellobiose and raffinose cannot be digested and pass through to the hind gut where they are fermented to volatile fatty acids. The same fate awaits all fiber fractions, "resistant" starch not accessible to the digestive enzymes and rapidly fermentable carbohydrates like pectin, fructan and beta-glucan.
The volatile fatty acids/fermentation products produced can substitute for glucose in energy pathways (acetate), be used to feed the colonic cells (butyrate), converted back to glucose or glycogen (propionate, lactate) or fat (butyrate, acetate). None of those substances or reactions will increase insulin.
Read more: Hydrolyzable Carbohydrates and the Metabolic Horse
EPISODE 50!! Dr. Barber's career started under the tutelage of Dr. Scott Pierce, focusing on reproduction. Over time, his practice morphed from reproduction into sales work, which includes endoscopy and radiographs and, most recently, the management of Rood & Riddle Veterinary Pharmacy. Barber talks about how changes in veterinary medicine and the importance of family have helped shape his career.
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