My Horse University: Horse Nutrition

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Course Overview

In this course you will learn about many aspects of horse nutrition, including anatomy, horse behavior, nutrients, nutritional requirements, feedstuffs, evaluating and balancing a ration, diseases affecting nutrition, and feeding management.

More specifically, you will learn about:

  • The digestive anatomy of a horse and how it functions
  • Ingestive behaviors of a horse, including grazing, feed intake and herd interactions
  • How the major nutrients are digested, absorbed and used by equine
  • Evaluating the nutritional status of your horse
  • Nutritional requirements for broodmares, growing horses, equine athletes and geriatric horses
  • Feedstuffs, including forage, grains and supplements
  • How to develop and evaluate a feed ration
  • How diseases can affect the nutritional requirements of a horse
  • Feeding management strategies

Fore more information about the My Horse University program visit: https://www.myhorseuniversity.com/.

Course Format

Self-paced Online Course

Price

$75.00

Registration Instructions (Follow Steps 1-3 Below)

To register for this course you will need to create an account, sign in with your email/password, and complete the registration process. To watch a video tutorial, demonstrating an overview of the registration process, click on the following link: Online Course Registration Video Tutorial. Step-by-step instructions are below.

  1. STEP #1: Create your MSU Guest Account/Community ID and Password: Create Your Account. 
  2. STEP #2: Login to the registration system with your Community ID and Password: Horse Nutrition Registration Page
  3. STEP #3: Follow the instructions to register for the course. Upon registration, you will receive a receipt and instructions for accessing the course.

Note: If you need to reset your password at any time go to https://auth.msu.edu/ and select the option for "Need help Signing in."

More Information

For more information, please contact Dr. Christine Skelly at skellych@msu.edu.

Technical Assistance

If you have any technical problems, please contact the Michigan State University IT Service Desk from 7am-12am Monday through Friday and 10am-12am on Saturday/Sunday, any day that the University is open.

  • Phone: (517) 432-6200
  • Phone (toll free): 1 (844) 678-6200

  • Email Web Form

Frequently Asked Questions

What is my username/NETID?

Your username (or NET ID) is the email address you used to create your account during registration (you use the same email address/password for registering and for taking the course).

What URL do I go to for logging into the course?

Go to: https://d2l.msu.edu/. You will see the Michigan State University at the top of the page. Login with the email address and password you set during the registration process.

I received a “not authenticated” response when trying to login – what do I do?

A “not authenticated” message is typically an issue with a password not being entered correctly.

I forgot my password – where can I reset it?

If you need to reset your password at any time go to https://auth.msu.edu/ and select the option for "Need help Signing in."

 

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