RE: [RC] alfalfa/behavior - Susan E. Garlinghouse, D.V.M.
No, cracked corn has numerous pitfalls to
it, among them starch-sensitivity problems, cecal acidosis, etc. If your
horse doesn’t like oil, then read the article on the website re beet
pulp, much better for adding weight (real weight, not “water weight”
as some suggest).
Sorry for the brief answer, on my way to
the PNER convention…J
Susan Garlinghouse, DVM
From: Mike
Sherrell [mailto:mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005
7:54 AM To: suendavid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
Ridecamp (E-mail) Subject: RE: [RC] alfalfa/behavior
Susan,
From your fat content
table on your website, it looks to me like if a horse doesn't want corn oil
(which mine doesn't), then cracked corn is just about the best for adding weight.
Do you agree? And if I give ad libitum orchard grass (he eats about 25
lbs/day), how much corn can I give?
I'm sorry to be treating
you like an unpaid consultant; I hope you don't mind.
-----Original Message----- From:
ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Susan E. Garlinghouse, D.V.M. Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005
8:05 PM To: 'Chris Eickleberry'; sjones@xxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: [RC] alfalfa/behavior
You can also tell your
boss that I just changed a whole barnful of baby racehorses out here in
California from straight alfalfa to a grass hay blend with a few pounds of alfalfa,
and not only has gate training idiocy reduced significantly, breezing splits
have gotten faster, too. And straight alfalfa is NOT ideal for growing
babies---there’s good research to demonstrate that incidence and severity
of developmental orthopedic disease increases on straight alfalfa rations.
Susan Garlinghouse, DVM
From:
ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris Eickleberry Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005
1:14 PM To: sjones@xxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] alfalfa/behavior
…I work at a
Thoroughbred farm, and my boss LOVES to feed alfalfa hay- as the lowly grunt
who feeds and cleans stalls, I HATE it when the horses get alfalfa- they are
all much more of a management problem. (they are all different ages- some
weanlings, some broodmares, some home from the track for R&R, some
retired)….I know the little ones and the lactating broodmares benefit
from the alfalfa (and it doesn’t seem to bother them as much) but boy!!
the untrained two year olds get RANK!!!..........the boss is finally listening
to me lately-I think I showed her some of Susan G’s hay info-- and the last batch was better- an orchard
grass/alf mix…..YAY!!
