Feeding Flashcards
Maximum concentrates for racehorse
7kg
Pink Mash
Not boiling water
Protein includes
Essential and non-essential amino acids
Which muscles conditions need you to feed more Protein?
PSSM or Extertional Rhabdomylysis
Barley is
easily digestable
Fat produces twice as much energy as
Carbs but cannot be used with oxygen
Feeding underweight horses
Priobiotics, sugar beets, fat , quality of fibre
Veterans
Teeth , fibre for gut health, extruded grains
Twitch is the
undigestable part of grass
Twice as much salvia is needed for
forage than is for grain
Horses drink
5 to 12 gallons per day
80/90% of all bone calcium and magnius in the foetus is laid down between
8 and 11 months of gestation
a glycaemic response is the
increase in blood glucose in response to a meal
Consideration in feeding veterans
Teeth , Fibre considerations, digestive inefficieny and extruded grains
Metformin works by
reducing the amount of sugar your liver releases into your blood
Epiphysitis is inflammation of the
growth plates
High starch diets increase the risk of
abnormal behaviour in youngsters
Feeding baking soda wont work for ulcers unless you give
it every few hours
Young foals may be sensitive to
gastric damage from sharp chaff. It may be prudent to avoid feeding sharp, dry chaff of any kind to horses prone to gastric ulcers.
Glucosamine
An essential building block for proteoglycans which make up the non-structural component of cartilage. Glucosamine has been recognised as a
beneficial nutraceutical for joint health in both horses and humans1 for many years. It has been shown to reduce inflammation and cartilage turnover2
Horse intense work will get
3% of body weight of which 50-70% will be roughage
Horses in intense work will need how much energy
200% of the maintence energy requirement
Vitamin E is a fat-soluble vitamin that acts as an
important antioxidant for horses
Horses that might benefit from supplementation of Vit E
nclude those without access to pasture, performance horses in strenuous work, breeding horses, and those diagnosed with neurological problems such as equine motor neuron disease (EMND) and equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM).
In reproduction, vitamin E supplementation may positively influence
fertility in broodmares
for hay to grow needs to be above
6 degrees
Perennial Ryegrass
high in energy
late cut hay will have relativly high amounts of
ligin which reduces digestability
more digestable energy in
haylage than hay
Haylage retains
50-70% moisture
horses on 24 hour unlimited grazing can eat up to
5% of bodyweight
Horses given forage three times per day as opposed to twice per day were more almost
18 times more likely to improve
amount of forage that is wasted when feeding horses, with some estimating that in Europe, around
30% of the hay or haylage fed to horses ends up on the muck heap.
using a net significantly reduced hay wastage without increasing the risk of
dental issues
oil is
starch free
All oils contain a similar amount of energy (calories) – approximately
3.5MJ DE per 100mls
Did you know high oil diets should be balanced with additional vitamin E? The total diet should provide an additional
100iu of Vit E for every 100ml of oil fed.
Starch escaping digestion in the small intestine ends up in the horse’s hindgut where it is rapidly fermented.
This results in a more acidic environment and a change in the intestinal microbiota. This change has also been linked to an increased risk of colic, laminitis and even behavioural changes.
High-starch diets are not recommended for horses with metabolic and muscular problems, including
EMS, Cushings and Rhabdomyolysis
300ml of oil provides approximately the same amount of energy (calories)
1kg of oats
narrowest part of the seat is defined as the
Twist
Maximum Starch
2g per 1kg of bodyweight per day
1g per 1kg of BW per meal
Some horses are sensitive to alfalfa
ulcers/typing up
Enterolith formation
may be linked to alfalfa
In horses fed high amounts of alfalfa (80-100% of the total forage intake as alfalfa), some horses may develop
photosenitisation
Alfalfa and Laminitis
Alfalfa is low in
starch and sugar (less than 5%)
oxytetracycline
foals contradected tendons
Bran - Starch content
approx 23%
Calcium Phosphorous Ration
2:1
bran C- P is
1:11
If you are feeding wheat bran, for every kg you feed you should add at least
2 x 25ml (55g) per day of limestone flour.
The horse’s ability to digest fat/oil is highest (60-95% digested) when added as pure oil, compared with
5-60% in forage and 50-75% in grains
Linseed oil/Flaxseed oil
+ highly palatable
+ highest in Omega 3 (53g/100ml of oil)
+ low in Omega 6 (13g/100ml of oil)
+ Omega 3:6 ratio of over 4:1
+ provides a small amount of Vitamin E
Rapeseed oil
+ cheap
– low level of Omega 3 (9g/100ml of oil)
– moderate amount of Omega 6 (20g/100ml of oil)
Olive oil
+ provides small amounts of Vitamin E and K
– low in Omega 3 (1g/100ml of oil)
– high in Omega 6 (10g/100ml of oil)
Linseed oil is still the best oil for horses based on
profile, palatability, availability and price.
Particularly avoid wheat oil, oat oil, corn oil, soya oil, rice bran oil and sunflower oil – ALL HIGH in
Omega 6 and LOW in Omega 3
Don’t buy any oils that are in clear or light coloured plastic containers. Oil is oxidised by even very low levels of
UV light
sodium bicarbonate
acid - gastirc ulcer
Saracen Level Grow Mix
Low glycaemic product - meaning that it doesn’t cause the insulin spikes that are directly linked to developmental issues in the joints
Mount St Johns Stud feed
STAMM30 Stud Balancer topped up with Level-Grow Cubes
Saracen RE-COVERY MASH can be fed up to 3kg per day as part of an
electrolyte replenishment programme.
Oats contain much less starch
than maize, wheat and barley (apart from Naked Oats)
Oats - Advantages
➡️ High energy
➡️ Palatable
➡️ Quality protein
➡️ Low iron
Oats - Disadvanatages
Prone to mycotoxin contamination
➡️ Gastric ulceration risk
➡️ High starch
Energy
18 plus bwt/100
