Re: RC: Re: Beet Pulp

["Susan Evans Garlinghouse" <suendavid@worldnet.att.net>]

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From: Endure4fun@aol.com <Endure4fun@aol.com>
To: suendavid@worldnet.att.net <suendavid@worldnet.att.net>
Cc: ridecamp@endurance.net <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Wednesday, March 17, 1999 10:40 AM
Subject: Re: RC: Re: Beet Pulp


>I was told that you shouldn't give a horse more than 2 pounds of beet pulp.

In my opinion, I disagree.


>have a friend who also has the diarrhea problem if she gives more than 2
lbs.

I would start to suspect something else is in the bag besides beet pulp.
Try getting some beet pulp from a different source/feed manufacturer and see
if you still get diarrhea.


>Is it safe to give as much as you say, 8 lbs? Have their been any studies
on
>this?

A number of universities have done studies in which horses were fed (dry,
unsoaked) beet pulp up to 45% of the total ration, probably about 8-10
pounds a day, with no problems whatsoever.


> I will do anything to get weight on him but I really don't want to go
>on hearsay alone.  I don't want to cause a problem by giving him to much of
>anything. Is shredded better than pellets?

Shredded is fluffier and soaks up water faster.  Pellets are more compact,
so a bag (in my area) of pellets is 50#, whereas shredded only weighs 40#.
Nutritionally, they're the same.

> I use shredded as that is what the
>feed stores carry here.  What is the equivalent of beet pulp to cob as far
as
>putting weight on?  Pound wise.

It takes 1.4 pounds of beet pulp to replace the energy (calories) in 1 pound
of grain, more or less.  But you can feed much more beet pulp safely than
you can grain.


Susan G



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