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RE: [RC] alfalfa/behavior - Susan E. Garlinghouse, D.V.M.

No, cracked corn has numerous pitfalls to it, among them starch-sensitivity problems, cecal acidosis, etc.  If your horse doesn’t like oil, then read the article on the website re beet pulp, much better for adding weight (real weight, not “water weight” as some suggest).

 

Sorry for the brief answer, on my way to the PNER convention…J

 

Susan Garlinghouse, DVM

 


From: Mike Sherrell [mailto:mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 7:54 AM
To: suendavid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Ridecamp (E-mail)
Subject: RE: [RC] alfalfa/behavior

 

Susan,

 

From your fat content table on your website, it looks to me like if a horse doesn't want corn oil (which mine doesn't), then cracked corn is just about the best for adding weight. Do you agree? And if I give ad libitum orchard grass (he eats about 25 lbs/day), how much corn can I give?

 

I'm sorry to be treating you like an unpaid consultant; I hope you don't mind.

 

Mike Sherrell
Grizzly Analytical (USA)
707 887 2919/fax 707 887 9834
www.grizzlyanalytical.com

-----Original Message-----
From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Susan E. Garlinghouse, D.V.M.
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 8:05 PM
To: 'Chris Eickleberry'; sjones@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [RC] alfalfa/behavior

You can also tell your boss that I just changed a whole barnful of baby racehorses out here in California from straight alfalfa to a grass hay blend with a few pounds of alfalfa, and not only has gate training idiocy reduced significantly, breezing splits have gotten faster, too.  And straight alfalfa is NOT ideal for growing babies---there’s good research to demonstrate that incidence and severity of developmental orthopedic disease increases on straight alfalfa rations.

 

Susan Garlinghouse, DVM

 


From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris Eickleberry
Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 1:14 PM
To: sjones@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [RC] alfalfa/behavior

 

 …I work at a Thoroughbred farm, and my boss LOVES to feed alfalfa hay- as the lowly grunt who feeds and cleans stalls, I HATE it when the horses get alfalfa- they are all much more of a management problem. (they are all different ages- some weanlings, some broodmares, some home from the track for R&R, some retired)….I know the little ones and the lactating broodmares benefit from the alfalfa (and it doesn’t seem to bother them as much) but boy!! the untrained two year olds get RANK!!!..........the boss is finally listening to me lately-I think I showed her some of Susan G’s hay info-- and the last batch was better- an orchard grass/alf mix…..YAY!!

regards, Chris E./Indiana


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