Week 9

Equine

Ingredients

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• Roughages
• Concentrates
• Supplements

Roughages

• High in fiber
• Low in energy
• Examples
  • Pasture grass
  • Hay

Concentrates

• Low in fiber
• High in energy
• Example
  • Grain

Supplements

• To balance rations
  • Proteins
  • Minerals
  • Vitamins

Roughages

• Pasture Grass



• Grass hay



• Legume hay

Grass Hay

• Less costly than legume hay
• Less dusty than legume hay
• Examples
  • Brome
  • Fescue
  • Timothy
  • Bermuda grass

Oregon Grasses

• Timothy
• Orchardgrass
• Brome

Legume Hay

• Higher energy, protein, and Ca than grass hays
• More costly
• Examples
  • Alfalfa
  • Clover

Hay Selection (MTLFC)

• Maturity
• Texture
• Leafiness
• Free of:
  • Dust
  • Mold
  • Weeds
  • Insects
    • Blister beetle (cantharidin) alfalfa
• Color

Concentrates

• Oats
• Corn
• Barley
• Sorghum (Milo)
• Molasses

• Oats, Corn, Soybean Meal



• Corn and Pellets

Concentrate Selection

• Oats
  • High fiber lower digestibility
  • Higher protein quantity and quality than corn
  • More expensive
• Corn
  • High energy
  • Lower protein than oats
  • Easier to overfeed
  • Cheaper
• Barley
  • Between corn and oats in:
    • Energy
    • Protein
    • Fiber
• Sorghum (Milo)
  • Similar to corn in:
    • Energy
    • Protein
    • Fiber
• Molasses
  • Palatability
  • Dust reduction
  • Expensive energy source
  • Low in protein

Supplement Selection

• Protein
  • Soybean meal
  • Canola meal
• Ca and P
  • Dicalcium phosphate
  • Limestone
• Vitamin A
  • Beta-carotene
• Fats
  • Vegetable
  • Animal

Pre-Mixed Grains

• Balanced ration
• Do not add supplements or dilute

Complete Feeds

• Feed contains all nutrient requirements
• Recommended to feed hay
  • Reduce boredom
• Do not add supplements or dilute