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Thursday, February 15, 2018

OPTIMAL VS MAXIMAL GROWTH

By Marcia Hathaway, PhD,
Courtesy of University of Minnesota


Maximal growth of the horse is different than optimal growth of the horse. Feeding a young horse so that it is growing at the maximum rate possible is undesirable because during the growth process bone mineralization, which is responsible for the strength of the bone, lags significantly behind bone lengthening...

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