Re: Complete Feed Recommendations

["Amber Knight" <ambrnite@earthlink.net>]

Kathy,
Purina Complete Advantage was designed to be a complete feed with roughage.
Because Purina has a state of the art Equine  research facility
Veterinarians came to Purina and asked if we could develop a Complete
Performance feed without hay and absolutely no dust for Race horses with
dust allergies and  for horses with heaves. It was developed about 10 years
ago and was the first beet pulp base horse feed of it type.  There are
probable hundreds of horses that are at the tracks that thrive on it as
there only source of feed. The feeding reccomendations for Complete
Advantage for a 1000#  horse in heavy training is 23#, which would provide
9.2 # of beet pulp .Most horse owners never heard  Complete Advantage
until a couple of years ago because Education  efforts on the excellent
qualities about  beet pulp (thanks Susan G)    the product  became  more
popular, especially with endurance riders because of the palatability and
nutritional qualities. Although it was designed to be fed as a complete feed
it also works excellent as a supplement at 4 to 6 # a day to provide, Beet
pulp, fats,
vitamins an minerals. An easy way to make it more complete as a supplement
is to add 1 # of Purina Athlete a day to provide more fat, Vitamins and
Minerals.
Hope this helps,
Amber
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kathy Mayeda" <kathy_mayeda@atce.com>
To: <EPaloheimo@aol.com>; <ambrnite@earthlink.net>; <bobmorris@rmci.net>;
<michrowe@redwrench.com>; <mlaboure@ntws.net>; <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 10:47 AM
Subject: RE: Complete Feed Recommendations


> Amber should probably chime in, but I was told by their competitor that
> Complete Advantage is considered a complete feed.  Since my horses are on
> a hay and pasture base diet, Nutrena suggested that their Farr Legacy has
> a more "bang for the dollar" in terms of vitamins and minerals
> because it is a supplement, not a complete feed.  Farr Legacy is not as
> readily available as Purina products.  Purina seems to have a good line
> of what they consider as complete pelleted feeds but I wouldn't want to
> feed only alfalfa based pellets because of the "long fiber" issue.
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> K.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: EPaloheimo@aol.com [mailto:EPaloheimo@aol.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 9:15 AM
> To: ambrnite@earthlink.net; bobmorris@rmci.net; michrowe@redwrench.com;
> mlaboure@ntws.net; ridecamp@endurance.net
> Subject: RC: Complete Feed Recommendations
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> In a message dated 3/14/01 9:01:25 AM, ambrnite@earthlink.net writes:
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> >If you are looking for a beet Pulp based feed, then Complete Advantage
> >is what you should consider. It is 40% Beet pulp. 12.5% Protein, 3.5 %
> fat,
> >Digestable energy 1400 Cal /lb.
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> I am looking for a COMPLETE feed that I can give my Icelandic horses
> while
> riding across the U.S.  I would love to hear what some of you might
> recommend
> I use.  We will be traveling 20 to 25 miles per day with 1 1/2 days of
> rest
> every 5 days or so.  We'll be packing a lot of the time but grazing will
> be
> difficult at times.  I would prefer a beet pulp based complete feed but
> I'm
> not sure there's such a thing.
> Another alternative would be a feed that does NOT include roughage and
> then
> hay pellets.  I'd love to hear what you all might suggest.  Many
> thanks!!
> Eva
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