AVS-3750 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Varietal, Hypocalcaemia, Prolactin
29 Apr 2017
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Horse nutrition: rely on digestible energy, ration requirements taken from other monogastric diets. Vfa used as source of energy: protein associated with fiber is not able to be accessed by animal before the hindgut, fractions of protein (a, b1, b2, b3, c) B1-c is not accessed by horse at stomach or small intestine. Synthesize microbial protein at hindgut: excreted. Colonic fermenter vs. cecal: colonic can eat more and have higher rate of digestion, cecum can consume as much but break down more and have longer digestion time. Provide high quality hay and forage so protein is broken down in si: need fraction a sp. Horses have smaller stomach because adapted to consume continuously. 3 day events: trace minerals, have to add micro minerals to diet. Not a lot of info on this. Affect performance: copper is important because main micro mineral affecting synthesis of cartilage, important for active horses.
