Fw: Re: Beet pulp...

["BE" <betndez@budget.net>]

Here's Susan Garlinghouse's email as well as her response to beet pulp
questions several months ago on Ride Camp

Very briefly (I hope) beet pulp is
>not high in either fats or sugars (at least not simple sugars).  Beet pulp
>is high in what's called soluble fiber; which means that it must be
digested
>through microbial fermentation in the cecum and colon as other forages are.
>The difference is that most other forages are high in INsoluble fibers,
>which are not as readily digested and available as soluble fibers are.  So
>the primary difference is just in how hard the horse has to work to derive
>nutrition from it.  In both cases, the by-products of fermentation are
>volatile fatty acids, which is a type of fat (though molecularly somewhat
>different from the fat you would supply as corn oil)---which is very well
>absorbed and utilized by the horse (and other herbivores).
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>Hope this answers your question. :-)
>
>Susan Garlinghouse
>http://shady-acres.com/susan/
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>but could some one fill me in on the facts? I have a picky eater { Arabian
>stallion} that would rather eat his hay than grain! and a friend of mine
>needs wieght on his horse too.. seriously considering beet pulp! Never
heard
>of it being fed...would love to hear more about it..
>Thanks Ahead of time!!
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>Debi & Knevermore
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