ANSC 1001 Lecture 19: Horses and their Management
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2 percent of body weight per day of good quality roughage or access to pasture. Feed with fiber levels of 6% or less. Especially because we often use horses for work. 2-3 months after feeding to see an effect. Often too much concern over protein in feed. Maintenance horse only needs about 8-10% cp. Horse in intense work requirement = 10% Often see iodized trace mineralized salt blocks. Horses will have a selenium deficiency if they are only fed on pasture. They also had low vitamin e levels. Horse can convert beta carotene to vitamin a. May need to supplement vitamin c in older horses. Needed for every metabolic activity that takes place in body. Cold weather 1 gallon per 100 pounds bw. Hot weather 2 gallons per 100 pounds bw. The more we process feed, the more digestible it is because you are increasing surface area.
