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Why Horses Need Salt
Actually all animals including humans need salt and cannot live without it. In nature salt and minerals can be found together, but today we have to provide our horses with salt. This salt has been changed somewhat from it’s natural form. The salt blocks in a stall or paddock were originally invented for cattle with […]