Founder/Strategy

[Sarah Ralston <ralston@AESOP.RUTGERS.EDU>]

I hope I did not give the impression in my previous post that I recommended
Strategy for a foundered horse! If you have good quality grass hay, they
should not be fed concentrates at all, or, if they need additional grain or
concentrates due to poor hay quality, there is a myriad of products out
there like Strategy. I'd go for one that was designed as a "complete" feed
(ie: higher fiber than 8%), moderate(12-14%) protein and high fat (>6%)
(Duncan, I wish we had more info on appropriate calorie:protein ratios for
horses but, to my knowledge, we don't). As I said before, the real key to
managing foundered horses is weight reduction, if they are overweight,
which is NOT going to be accomplished by feeding lots of grain or
concentrates!

Sarah Ralston (Who is NOT affiliated with Purina, despite my last name)
Sarah L. Ralston, VMD, PhD, dACVN
Associate Professor
Department of Animal Science
Cook College, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
84 Lipman Drive
New Brunswick, NJ 08901

Ralston@aesop.rutgers.edu
732-932-9404


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