Hintz, Harold F.

Professor Emeritus/a

research

research and scholarship focus

  • equine nutrition
  • Nutrition of cats, dogs and zoo animals
  • Energy metabolism and requirements of working horses
  • Energy metabolism and requirements of working donkeys
  • Utilization of dietary fat by the equine athlete
  • Protein and amino acid metabolism and requirements of growing horses
  • Mineral metabolism, particularly that of calcium and phosphorus
  • Requirements for maintenance, growth, and bone development of the horse
  • Mineral interactions that influence mineral utilization and genetic-mineral interactions in bone development
  • Role of vitamin E in the nutrition of the horse

affiliations

emeritus faculty in

Keywords: companion animals, feeds, foals, horse, nutrition