ridecamp@endurance.net: Re: Grass Hay vs. Alfalfa

Re: Grass Hay vs. Alfalfa

Zebella (zebella@idt.net)
Mon, 06 Oct 1997 15:26:33 -0700

Lauren Horn wrote:
> A friends vet just advised against feeding grass hay (bermuda, around
> here) because, as more people are feeding it, he is seeing more and more
> cases of colic because the grass strands are longer and get all twisted
> up in the gut also.
>

I have always heard that a horse fed free choice grass hay or pasture
was less likly to colic (due to a twist) since the intestines are kept
stretched and full due to the amount of ingesta in them.....

tracy

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