People often make associations between food and health. For example, drinking orange juice to ward off a cold, or, as the expression goes, relying on the nutrients of an apple a day to stay healthy. But can we feed our horses a better diet to optimize their immune systems?
This is a relatively new area of scientific investigation in equine health. Lori Warren, Ph.D., PAS, an equine nutritionist in the Department of Animal Sciences at the University of Florida, presented on the topic at the 15th Annual Mid-Atlantic Nutrition Conference, held in Hunt Valley, Maryland, on April 6, 2017.
The Immune System
The immune system has two main components: innate and adaptive. The innate immune system is the general, first line of defense against pathogens (disease-causing organisms) or trauma.
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