Horse Feeds

Question 1

Name 5 Feed sources of fibre

Answer 1

Straw
Alfalfa
Sugar Beet Pulp
Grass
Cereal Fibre Meal

Question 2

Name 4 cereal feeds

Answer 2

Oats
Barley
Maize
Wheat

Question 3

Straw

Answer 3

Common fibre source
Included as a pellet
Sometimes nutritionally improved
Present in mix as molassed chaff

Question 4

How is Alfalfa produced?

Answer 4

Legume, leaves and stalk dried, rather than seeds
Quality protein, calcium
Ground and combined into pellets/chopped and in mix as chaff, lightly coated with oil/molasses

Question 5

What is Sugar beet pulp?

Answer 5

Dried remains after sugar removed
‘Super fibre’ easily digestible (more than cellulose)
Needs soaking

Question 6

What is cereal fibre meal?

Answer 6

General term, outer husks of cereal grains
‘oat feed’ or ‘wheat feed’
In pellets

Question 7

What is grass?

Answer 7

Dried for pellets, in chaff

Source of protein

Question 8

What is oil?

Answer 8

Non-heating, slow release energy
Used in low intensity work, preserves glycogen stores
Provide fatty acids (Omega 3 & 6) (essential)
In compound feeds, coating