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once had someone to hand my mare a small handful of beet shreds.  immediate choke!!  those things are sharp as well as hard!

patty in georgia

 

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From: Susan Favro

To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 9:21 PM

Subject: [RC] Beet Pulp Fed Dry

For those of you who read Horse Journal, you may want to take a look at the May 2006 issue. There?s an article in there about feeding beet pulp dry. The article?s conclusion: don?t do it. To quote a portion of the article:

 

?? the choke does not occur because the beet pulp expands. Choke can happen with any type of dry feed ? grain, hay, pellets ? and happens when there is insufficient production of saliva to make passage down the esophagus easy. The reason [the horse owner] got into trouble this time, without having problems for a year, is likely at least in part because when she was mixing [beet pulp] with grain the harder texture of the grain encouraged more chewing. Many horses will bolt down dry beet pulp without chewing well. We agree it?s pointless to take the risk, and at least a short soak is wise. If they do eat it quickly, the water will substitute for the lack of saliva from chewing.?

 

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