Feeding Flashcards by Pippa Greenwood

Maximum concentrates for racehorse

7kg

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Pink Mash

Not boiling water

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Protein includes

Essential and non-essential amino acids

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Which muscles conditions need you to feed more Protein?

PSSM or Extertional Rhabdomylysis

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Barley is

easily digestable

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Fat produces twice as much energy as

Carbs but cannot be used with oxygen

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Feeding underweight horses

Priobiotics, sugar beets, fat , quality of fibre

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Veterans

Teeth , fibre for gut health, extruded grains

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Twitch is the

undigestable part of grass

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Twice as much salvia is needed for

forage than is for grain

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Horses drink

5 to 12 gallons per day

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80/90% of all bone calcium and magnius in the foetus is laid down between

8 and 11 months of gestation

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a glycaemic response is the

increase in blood glucose in response to a meal

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Consideration in feeding veterans

Teeth , Fibre considerations, digestive inefficieny and extruded grains

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Metformin works by

reducing the amount of sugar your liver releases into your blood

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Epiphysitis is inflammation of the

growth plates

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High starch diets increase the risk of

abnormal behaviour in youngsters

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Feeding baking soda wont work for ulcers unless you give

it every few hours

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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.

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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

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Horse intense work will get

3% of body weight of which 50-70% will be roughage

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Horses in intense work will need how much energy

200% of the maintence energy requirement

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Vitamin E is a fat-soluble vitamin that acts as an

important antioxidant for horses

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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).

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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