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Re: [RC] Purina's New high performance horse feed - Karen Sullivan

Interesting...but 12% protein still seems a bit high.  I would stay at 10%
or under.  I hope
Susan G. can comment on this.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Maul" <mmaul@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <jsalas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "ridecamp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 8:35 PM
Subject: [RC] Purina's New high performance horse feed


In response to: "I knew it was coming and now I would like
to hear some feedback. I am meeting with a Purina rep
tomorrow to talk about this feed. I wonder who they talked
with in the endurance community when they came up with the
recipe for this feed. It does sound like a pretty good
complete feed for someone who doesn't like to make their own
feed. Any questions I can ask for you all?"
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I've been part of the trial for the new feed (Ultium)in the
TX area for the past 2 1/2 months.

It's worked well for my two guys (both endurance horses) -
one horse recovering from colic surgery and the other being
used for endurance now.  The colic surgery horse (Rroc) had
been underweight for the past 6 months or so. I had been
feeding him much more than normal and still not able to put
enough weight on him.  All the tests we ran for possible
reasons didn't show anything likely to cause this.  He was
getting a lot of Complete Advantage, shredded beetpulp,
grass hay, and alfalfa.  He paces a lot and in SoCal where
the stalls are 12x20 pipe corrals  - he did this all the
time.  He would even pace during his 6 hours a day turnout.
He paces in circles in the pasture in Texas too.

Since his surgery - he's put on 115 lbs being fed the Purina
Ultium.  My other guy (Thor) has put on about 45 lbs.

The feed is 12% protein, 12% fat, and 18% fiber.  It's
beetpulp based and has only 3.5% molasses.  It has a much
longer shelf life than Complete Advantage because the BP is
pelleted.  In south TX - CA has a 30-60 days shelf life
depending on whether it's summer or winter.  The shelf life
is supposed to be 3-6 months for the Ultium.

Both like the taste and it's easy to feed.  The Mcals/lb are
about 20% more than Complete Advantage (1,77 vs 1.4).  The
cost is likely to be more than CA.  I was.buying CA at
$8.80/bag in California but am paying more than that in TX.

It's intended primarily for high performance horses but
works well for putting on weight too.

I've been told that it's being introduced in the East first
and gradually moving to the west coast.  I've also been told
that Purina wants their distributors educated about this
product before allowing them to sell it.

It's worked well for my two guys and I intend to continue
with it once it's introduced.

Mike


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