I'll let the vets give the references, but for a totally layman rule of thumb -- if the ribs are showing, they aren't getting enough grub... ?( and if they are all being fed together, the ones on the bottom of the pecking order probably aren't, even if the ones on top look good. ) ? Sigh.
On Feb 6, 2008, at 11:50 AM, RHONDA LEVINSON wrote:
Can you guys give me a scientific cite -- something from a "learned treatise" preferrably, that gives this information.? I'm in the midst of trying to help get some horses out of a pretty horrible situation and the owner has the sheriff and the prosecutor convinced that feeding four horses a total of 15 tiny flakes of hay a day (for all of them together) is sufficient.? These horses have no shelter or blankets and we have had rain and snow and freezing temperatures for quite a while.? Two horses have already died, but the sheriff doesn't think that was significant because they were of a "weaker" breed (Thoroughbreds).??
