RE: [RC] "Feeding the Hoof"- Just Curious - Karen Standefer
If you had an IR or Cushings horse it would be come important to
test. One with affected horses will find all sorts of ways to insure
low-sugar/starch feed. It’s the only way to keep the animal sound. People
who have theses horses can get pretty creative in how they purchase, store and
feed their hay. Sometimes the only thing to do is to soak all the sugar out.
Karen
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I really wonder how practical it is to test hay if you don't buy
in quantity. It seems that if you don't buy all your hay at one time and
from one source that testing would have to be done quite frequently depending
on how often you buy forage, where you buy, and where the broker is getting the
forage.
It is great that all this information is available but I wonder
how easy it is to really put in practice considering that in many areas (again
thinking of So Cal) that there are very few choices when it comes to keeping
horses.
