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RE: [RC] beet pulp question for Dr Susan and/or Dr. Heidi - Susan E. Garlinghouse, D.V.M.Oh, good grief. Any and all feeds can potentially cause some sort of "imbalance" or deficiency, or overabundance of one nutrient or another. That's just the nature of feeding rations consisting of only one or two hay species, grain commodities, or whatever. You can feed beet pulp up to 50% of the HAY ration. That's dry weight, prior to soaking. I have some horses I've been mother henning for years that get no forage except for beet pulp because of lack of dentition. Feed a decent overall ration, including plenty of the best quality and most multi-species hay you can find, along with as much beet pulp as your fuzzy little heart desires and ignore all future nutrition advice from this particular vet. Or, if you're in a wicked mood, ask the vet to list exactly what electrolytes he's referring to, and what percentages and what exact feed in exactly what quantity can you feed to compensate for the issue. Bet he changes the subject. Susan Garlinghouse, DVM, MS -----Original Message----- From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of winsumjo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 11:47 AM To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] beet pulp question for Dr Susan and/or Dr. Heidi My neighbor had the vet out yesterday for some shots. The subject of beet pulp came up and the vet told her not to feed more than 30% beet pulp to the grain ration or it will cause an electrolyte imbalance. I have never heard that before and as I feed more beet pulp than 30% of my grain ration I just want to know if there is any validity to this statement, Dr. Susan or Dr. Heidi? Thanks, Louise =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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