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[RC] Feeding Questions - Val NicosonJust attended an equine nutrition seminar that is shedding new light on the feeding of horses and would thoughts on this new program from others. I may decide to go with the one-rat study on my own horse to see whether I see any improvement or not. The program is to get away from any kind of "complete" feed and go back to primary basics. Essentially Beet Pulp (yeah!), flax, plain oats or barley and a chelated one-a-day vitamin/mineral supplement. This program states that horses are unable to digest grain...period. To do so they said that any kind of grain fed (oats, fax and of course BP) should be soaked for up to 6-8 hours. When asked about heat and humidity in the summer she said that as long as you don't make it ahead by more than one feeding that it should be fine (I kinda doubt this part). Additionally, adding any supplements at all that are not chelated means they cancel one another out and does little if any good for the horse, aside from expensive manure. So...how long are you soaking your BP? What are your thoughts on this idea of lengthy soaking...to include oats, flax, etc. They felt that flax should also be soaked vs ground as the centrifugal force of grinding (even if fed right away) destroys the essential enzymes. One of the many reasons this person has created this program is the number of horses with intestinal, colic and Cushing's symptoms that have prevailed in the recent past...in addition to colic as well. Am hoping Susan G and/or any other vets or nutritionists will chime in here. The lady that did the seminar is Gabrielle Sutton from Toronto Canada..her website is www.oneadayequinesupplement.com Although she is from a Dressage background she has seen tremendous improvements in dressage horses at various barns that have gone with her program. I can't afford to go 100% on the program but thought I could tweak it to fit my budget. Oh, and she has worked closely with the ABC supplement company on this as well, and I feel that some of you use supplements from this company. Thanks for your inputs, Val __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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 Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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