Ridecamp: Re: [RC] What is the science about not using rice bran and oil together?

Tom,
I use oil instead of rice bran because oil is 100% fat (almost totally
digestible) and rice bran is 20% fat.  So, you have to feed almost 5 times
as much rice bran.  Oil is much cheaper...granted, some horses won't like
oil but I have found all of my horses love oil and beet pulp so have no
troubles.  It just makes economic sense.  How much is rice bran?  $25 or
more for a 50# bag?  I can get 5 gallons of oil at a food service store
(Gordon's here in Michigan) for about half of that. ($13.85 last time I
checked).   That is 80 cups of oil approximately.  How many cups of rice
bran would be in 50#?  I don't know what its density is.  And even then (if
it were comparable, rice bran is only 20% fat).  Susan can probably give us
better figures for this because I am NOT a math whiz.  I have also heard not
to mix the two but not sure where and would imagine it might come from
manufacturers who would rather we feed our horses 5 times as much rice bran
to our horses than to cut down or eliminate it in favor of oil.
By the way, where could I get the research vet's info on her study?  I am
always interested in reading that kind of stuff.  Thanks!
Maggie


=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
 Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net.
 Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp
 Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp

 If you are an AERC member - PLEASE VOTE in the Director at Large 
 and By Laws Elections.

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=