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<p>It is mid-summer and we have had many long and sunny days. This also affects the horses. In summer are the requirements for water and salt increased. Horses may drink too little, especially is this true for horses in competition and racing.</p>
<p>The PC-Horse program does not list requirement for water, but experiments have shown that many horses will drink too little when automatic drinking bowls are used. During summer should in addition water be offered from a bucket.</p>
<p>Horses in training sweat a lot and loose salt. Common salt consists mainly of sodium and chloride which, in addition to potassium, are the main electrolytes. Horses eat a lot of roughages which contain sufficient potassium to cover the requirements under normal conditions, so we only need to provide the common salt. The PC-Horse program increases the calculated requirement for salt during summer. By using PC-Horse regularly you will always know that your horse gets enough salt by ensuring that the sodium (Na) requirement is met.</p>
<p><em>This article was originally written by Dr. Day Austbø.</em><br /><em> Copyright: PC-Horse International - Norway 2012.</em><br /> <em>Feel free to use and publish the material. Please indicate the source and author.</em></p>