The Stable Magazine - April 2016

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NUTRITIONSPECIAL The Importance of Different Feeds for Different Needs FORAGE - THE FOUNDATION The horse evolved as a continuous grazer and will graze 14 to 20 hours a day if given the opportunity. The horse has a digestive tract amazingly well adapted to ingesting and digesting forages. Because the basis of any equine diet should be forage, special attention should be paid to the type and quality fed to the horse. Not all forages are created equal. Pasture grasses and legumes as well as hays can vary greatly in protein, energy, vitamin and mineral content depending on the type of forage, the maturity of the plant and where it is grown. When formulating a concentrate to complement a forage, it is often necessary to make completely different mixes for legumes (such as lucerne and clover) or grasses (such as timothy or rye). When the forage is a mixture of grass and legume, a concentrate made to be fed with grass forage would be appropriate as long as the mix is less than 50% legume. Forage choices may be limited in many parts of the country, thus horse owners may be forced to feed forages which may not be ideal. However, once the forage has been chosen, establishing the type of concentrate should be less challenging. Other factors important when selecting a concentrate apart from the type of forage are age, amount of work and reproductive status of the horse. FEEDING THE MAINTENANCE HORSE An adult horse that does little or no work is said to be at maintenance. A maintenance horse has very few physical demands placed on it and therefore has very basic nutrient needs. In fact, if a maintenance horse has good quality pasture and a balanced mineral salt designed for horses at its disposition, little else may be needed. If a horse is maintaining weight well on grass and/or hay alone but grain is used to entice the horse to come to the barn every day to be checked, then a feed designed to be fed at one to two pounds per day is ideal. Such low intake feeds as All-Phase Balancer or Fortiphase are excellent products for horses that do not require extra energy to maintain weight, but need a source of nutrients which may be deficient in the forage (such as selenium). When a maintenance horse has a problem keeping weight on, a concentrate may have to be fed in amounts greater than two pounds per day, but it does not have to be a special, highly fortified or high protein product. Horses survive without the additional nutrients, but for optimal health and wellbeing, these nutrients should supplement the forage. FEEDING THE BROODMARE Proper nutrition is more essential in the broodmare than in any other type of horse because it affects not only the mare but also the foal she produces. Prior to breeding, a mare should be in adequate body condition for maximizing her possibility of conceiving. It has been established that a mare losing weight when being bred is less likely to conceive than a mare gaining weight. Therefore, providing sufficient energy is an integral factor in broodmare feeding management. Furthermore, many nutrients are important to the integrity of the reproductive organs and deficiencies thereof may decrease conception rates. Once mares have conceived, it is common practice to turn them out into the back pasture and forget them until the last trimester of pregnancy. Granted, the increase in nutrient needs may not be as great in the first two trimesters as the fetus gains only about 35% of its foaling weight, but a well-balanced diet will provide nutrients that can improve the health of the fetus and assure normal development. For example, alfalfa hay is usually around 18% protein and fresh green pastures often run as high as 26%. The growth spurt observed in yearlings on pasture after the spring 64 The Stable Magazine www.thestablemagazine.com >
“The horse has a digestive tract amazingly well adapted to ingesting and digesting forages.” NEIGH-LOX is scientifically formulated to maintain normal digestive function in horses at risk of stomach damage. It is designed to protect the digestive tract against excess gastric acid and provide a physical protective lining in the stomach and small intestine. NUTREQUIN is an exceptional value-for-money vitamin, mineral and essential amino acid and antioxidant formula, specifically designed to supplement horses and ponies on home-mixed diets or on forage only diets. Nutrequin tops-up vitamin and mineral levels when premixed feeds are used below recommended feeding rates. www.ker.com 1800 772 198 KERX EQUISHURE promotes normal digestive function by aiding in the maintenance of an optimal hindgut environment. Encapsulation technology ensures targeted release directly in the hindgut. The Stable Magazine www.thestablemagazine.com 65
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