Re: Nutrition again

Truman Prevatt (truman.prevatt@netsrq.com)
Thu, 2 Jan 1997 14:17:14 -0400

>Truman Prevatt wrote:
>> One comment I forgot to make was the following. All the equine sports vets
>> I have talked with (Waldorn, Ridgeway, Fraizer, Jon Warren, Ann Stewart)
>> say the same thing. Food fed now takes 24 to 48 hours to get through the
>> digestive system and useful as food for the muscles. There is also about
>> 24 to 36 hours reserve of processed (ready to be used) food in the hine gut
>> of the horse. The energy the horse gets during a ride comes from the hine
>> gut and not what you feed. The reason to feed is to keep the hine gut
>> moving so the food, water (and electrolytes) can be passed through the wall
>> and into the blood. This is why keeping the gut sounds up is important.
>>
>> I would expect that the glycogen mix might make it back to the hine gut and
>> it into the system about the time you loaded the horse on the trailer the
>> next day. I have seen horses come into a check at 60 to 70 milies looking
>> like death warmed over. After a 30 minute stop of eatting and drinking
>> they gallop out on their own like it is the start of the ride. They were
>> fed no special concoction - they were just fed. The food is already there
>> - it is a matter of getting gut moving so it gets into the blood.
>>
>
>Okay with you if I forward this to the list?
>

Sure is.

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Truman Prevatt
Sarasota, FL

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