Re: Feed Question (Mcals)

["Mary Rose" <sloryder@fix.net>]

Here is the info on Purina Senior, I researched it last year when I started
feeding it to my 26 year old gelding.

DE 1225 Cal/lb
CP      14%
CA      .60 %
P         .44%

The feed works great! I had tried a couple other brands and they did not
work as well.

Good Luck
Mary Rose


-----Original Message-----
From: guest@endurance.net <guest@endurance.net>
To: ridecamp@endurance.net <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Tuesday, February 02, 1999 4:25 PM
Subject: Feed Question (Mcals)


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>From: Danielle McNeil
>Email: hossestogo@yahoo.com
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>Hi!  I have a question that kind of relates to the NRC book for figuring
out
>your horse's rations.
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>(Please (begging) don't reply to the email address listed above... I
> wouldn't want to intrude on my friend's generosity more than I have done
so
>already with her computer --- THANKS!)
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>Anyway...
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>I am feeding my horse Equine Senior and burmudagrass hay right now.
However,
>the feed tag from Equine Senior does not list DE (digestible energy), TDN,
or
>much of anything else energy-related except for a minimum crude fat %.
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>How would I go about figuring out what this feed's DE amount is based on
only
>crude fat, crude protein, crude fiber, and a slew of minerals and a
vitamin?
>Or, do I need to call Purina?
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>I figured out that based on crude fat % (listed as a minimum of 4%), the
feed
>only provided 0.36 Mcal per kg. (Based on 9 Mcals/kg of fat).  How do I
account
>for the other sources of energy from this feed, such as carbos, etc.?
>I can't think that a horse could live off of 0.36 Mcal/kg of E.S. per
day?!?
>
>Thanks ahead of time for any advice!
>
>Danielle
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