🌾 Equine Nutritionist
Plans what horses eat to keep them healthy.
ScienceUniversity usually
🛠️ What they do
- Design diets
- Test hay quality
- Help horses gain or lose weight
- Advise feed companies
📍 Typical workplace
Feed companies, universities and consulting
📚 Useful school subjects
Biology, Chemistry, Math
🎓 Education & training
Usually a university degree in animal science; many have advanced degrees.
🐴 Horse contact
Some
🌤️ Indoors / outdoors
Mostly indoors
⏰ Working style
Science, numbers and problem-solving
💪 Useful traits
Curious, Good with numbers, Detail-oriented
Interesting Fact
A nutritionist can tell a lot about hay just by testing a small sample.
Training routes, qualifications and pay are different in every country and province, so always check local information.