There are two sections to our Nutrition Area, broken down as follows:
1) Practical nutritional advice from SPILLERS®
This area of the site is designed to provide practical advice to horse owners about the basic principles of equine nutrition. Features include:
- Feed finder
The feed finder will help you identify which of the SPILLERS® feeds is most suited to your horse or pony.
- Feeding FAQs
A compilation of questions the Care-Line are often asked, including topics such as weight management, excitability levels, feeding for elderly horses or new horses, respiratory health, laminitis, breeding issues and the effects of sugar and protein levels in feed.
- Case studies
A selection of real life case studies to show how the advice from the SPILLERS® Care-Line, combined with the superior formulation of the SPILLERS® Feeds, have helped to make a real difference to horses with a variety of dietary concerns.
- Seasonal articles
Seasonally themed nutrition articles from the SPILLERS® Technical Team. Read the Winter feeding tips to help you prepare for the colder months ahead.
- Care-Line enquiry form
For assistance with your horse or pony’s feeding regime, contact the team at the SPILLERS® Care-Line, where our trained nutritionists will be able happy to offer you their expert advice.
- The SPILLERS® nutritionist & technical teams
The ‘Who’s Who’ of the nutritionist & technical teams at SPILLERS®
- Level 1 nutrition training
The Mars Horsecare UK Ltd Level 1 Nutrition Training is designed to give participants a basic grounding in equine nutrition.
2) Technical area – the science behind SPILLERS®
This area of the site is dedicated to the work we have done with the Equine Studies Group at WALTHAM®, the source of the science behind SPILLERS® Feeds.
- Waltham®
Read about WALTHAM®, the scientific authority that unifies the research and development expertise of the Mars Pet Care Companies worldwide and provides the science behind world-leading brands such as PEDIGREE® and WHISKAS®, as well as SPILLERS®.
- Research digests
View summaries and download / order the two WALTHAM® Equine Research Digests, containing details of some of the most significant nutritional projects and findings from the WALTHAM® Equine Studies Group since 2003.
- International symposia
WALTHAM® held three International Symposia in 2005. A summary of all Symposia Proceedings, as well as order instructions, are available on this site.