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The Benefits of Feeding Flax
Even fans of feeding flax may not realize all its benefits. It’s a very healthful supplemental feed item for horses of all ages, classes and uses. People usually feed flax for its high omega-3 fatty acid content. There are two … Continue reading
Posted in Equine Nutrition
Tagged amino acids, cyanide, fat, fiber, flax seed, Omega-3, prebiotic, Protein, starch, sugar
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Fine Tuning Winter Feeding
Plenty is written every year about the basics of winter feeding, including: Lots of hay/fiber Increase calories to compensate for energy lost staying warm Feed salt Constant water at a comfortable temperature for drinking These things are critically important for … Continue reading
Co-Products, not By-Products
There is a trend these days to label many highly nutritious feed ingredients as worthless wastes. This particularly falls on anything that might be classified as a by-product, including beet pulp, wheat mids, soybean hulls and distiller’s dried grains. Do … Continue reading
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Tagged Beet Pulp, brewers' grains, by-products, co-products, copra, corn meal, fiber, molasses, oil, prebiotic, soybean hulls, starch, sugar, wheat germ, wheat mids
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Hay – Much More than Fiber
Hay used to be widely viewed as having little or no nutritional value beyond being a source of fiber which provided horses with chew time and made them feel full between meals. That has largely changed but even those who … Continue reading
Posted in Equine Nutrition
Tagged calories, fermentation, fiber, glucose, glycogen, Hay, minerals, Protein, vitamins, volatile fatty acids
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Spring Grass
Beautiful to look at, wonderful to smell and if you’re a horse there is nothing you would rather be eating and arguably nothing more natural you should be eating. On the other hand, there are a few precautions. First, the … Continue reading
Posted in Equine Nutrition
Tagged carbohydrate, fiber, Laminitis, onion grass, pasture, Protein, spring, vitamins, weight gain
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In Defense of Wheat Bran
Wheat bran has gone from a darling of caretakers everywhere to one of the most widely criticized feeds. The ensuing impression that bran is somehow “bad” is unwarranted. In fact, bran has some very desirable characteristics. Bran’s high phosphorus content … Continue reading
Posted in Equine Nutrition
Tagged antioxidants, B-Vitamins, calcium, calories, fiber, minerals, phosphorus, phytate, Protein, wheat bran
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Fire in the Belly
You’ve heard your horse’s intestinal tract referred to as a furnace. Obviously that’s not literally what happens. It is where fermentation takes place. Fermentation reactions produce cheese and your favorite adult beverage but that’s not what is going on either. … Continue reading
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Tagged acetate, butyrate, fermentation, fiber, fructan, glucose, gut, lactate, propionate
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