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Re: [RC] Feeding Corn - Beth GunnI am not happy with corn feeds for endurance horses either. My 19 yr mare,DeeDee, came up cronically? lame 2 years ago. Very ouchy in the front end. I have no pasture, dry lots and mixed grass hays 24 7s. The feed I was using had a lot of corn. Chiro/acupucture vet goet DeeDee fixed up. Took 3 months, 6 visits, and close to a $1000.... She has been sound since then until now. I mixed a few handfuls of Nutrena Safe Choice with her regular Nutrena XTN and beet pulp, with the idea to get her off the high energy food to Safe Choice which has vegetable oil for energy. She came up lame the next day. Safe Choice first ingredient is corn. And I bet the veg oil also si corn based. Anyway, stopped feeding the SC and she is still lame a week later. Ugh! Starch dump overload into the stomach is never a good idea. And that is what high starch/low fiber corn is as compared to oats, which has good fiber ansd decent protein levels. There is also the mycotoxin problem with corn. We feed it to the deer around here. Beth Gunn SoCar. where Spring has Sprung!!! ----- Original Message ----- From: <heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <slchast@xxxxxxxx> Cc: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 7:01 PM Subject: Re: [RC] Feeding Corn I friend of mine is getting a new horse tomorrow a very large TWH 16.2 hands. This horse is being fed free choice grass hay and 12 pounds of corn a day.Yikes!Corn is the one feed I have never see discussed on this forum. So what are the good, bad and ugly facts about feeding corn to a horse that is going to start conditioning for CTR in a few days. ShannonIt's a huge source of starch, which breaks right down into simple carbs. Corn was the big culprit in work horses that used to get "Monday Morning Disease"--which was basically just tying up from being fed a high corn ration 7 days a week, and not working on Sunday. Corn would be about my LAST choice for a grain for an equine athlete--would far rather feed oats or something with some fiber in it. My thought about this horse would be to get him weaned OFF the corn BEFORE you start to condition, and maybe substitute a part of it with a non-grain supplement like beet pulp, with just a few handfuls of grain in it for flavor. Heidi Heidi =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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