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Adult horses are not designed to drink milk and the enzymatic components of milk (skim or otherwise) do not particularly lend themselves to improving the digestive

capabilities of horses. Horses are designed to digest fiber into volatile fatty acids

in the large intestine as their primary source of energy. A secondary, less recommended, energy source is grain. Neither grain nor hay digestion would be

much improved by feeding milk.

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