Nutrition - Donkey

Natural Food and Feeding Style

Normal Gut Structure

Breakdown of Food

Water Requirements

Energy Requirements

Protein Requirements

Fat Requirements

Vitamin Requirements

Mineral Requirements

Older Donkey Diet and Management

Fact Sheets:

Feeding & Managing the Underweight Donkey

Feeding the Donkey with Dental Problems

Feeding the Donkey with Kidney Disease

Feeding the Elderly Donkey

General Donkey Feeding Advice

Supporting the Donkey with Liver Disease

Literature Search

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Donkey Nutrition related publications

Herd health for donkeys. Purdy, S. R.; The North American Veterinary Conference, Gainesville, USA, Large animal. Proceedings of the North American Veterinary Conference, Orlando, Florida, USA, 16-20 January 2010, 2010, pp 245-248, 2 ref. - Full Text Article

The effect of pasture restriction on dry matter intake by foraging donkeys in the UK. Wood, S. J.; Smith, D. G.; Muir, C. J.; Oliver, J.; Cuddeford, D.; Pearson, R. A.; Muir, C. J.; Farrow, M.; The Donkey Sanctuary, Sidmouth, UK, Fifth International Colloquium on Working Equines. The future for working equines. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 30 October-2 November, 2006., 2007, pp 285-295, 26 ref. - Full Text Article

Seasonal variation of digestible energy requirements of mature donkeys in the UK. Wood, S. J.; Smith, D. G.; Muir, C. J.; Cuddeford, D.; Pearson, R. A.; Muir, C. J.; Farrow, M.; The Donkey Sanctuary, Sidmouth, UK, Fifth International Colloquium on Working Equines. The future for working equines. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 30 October-2 November, 2006., 2007, pp 250-259, 17 ref. - Full Text Article

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