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April
24, 25, 26 - Minnesota State Fairgrounds
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2026 MN Horse Expo Speakers/Demos
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Michelle DeBoer PhD
Nutrition plays an important role in horse health and can be a powerful
tool to improve overall wellbeing. In this talk, we’ll go over practical
feeding and management strategies for challenging cases, including Free
Fecal Water Syndrome
(FFWS), gastric ulcers, weight loss, metabolic issues, refeeding
underweight horses, allergies and vitamin E deficiencies. Using both research and real-life cases, we’ll break down what’s going on with these conditions and talk through realistic, effective ways to manage them based on your setup and resources. Michelle DeBoer, Ph.D. Dr. Michelle DeBoer is a Minnesota native who has a lifelong love of
horses. She earned her master’s and PhD in Animal Science with a focus
in Equine Nutrition and Muscle Biology
from the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities. Following graduate
school, Michelle was an associate professor at the University of
Wisconsin – River Falls for 7 years where she taught courses such as
Horse Production and Animal Anatomy and Physiology to undergraduate
students. During this time, she also completed and published research
on a variety of horse management topics including horse blanketing,
deworming, hay nets, and vitamin E. Michelle likes to share this
research on her social media outreach page, Equine Ph.D.
Currently, Michelle works as the Animal Nutrition Specialist at a
Twin-Cities based feed company, Spikes and Houles. Outside of work,
Michelle competes in endurance and dressage on her Arabian mares as well
as dog agility with her rescue pup! |
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