Re: wheat
Joyce Kellenberger (joyce@homer.ca.boeing.com)
Tue, 26 Nov 96 16:34:28 PST
>
> Hi all,
> Gwen mentioned wheat being bad for horses and that in France they
> feed horses the end of their baguettes.
> A friend of mine who has 15-20 horses at any one time (mostly
> Arabians) claims that in Germany they feed their horses bread. So, guess
> what? She buys tons of loaves of bread at the day old store and feeds
> them to her horses. I have no idea if this is bad or good, but nobody
> has died yet (at least that I'm aware of). Also, I don't mean to
> exaggerate. I don't believe she feeds bread exclusively - they get hay
> and grain too. I don't know what her exact feeding schedule is, but she
> does feed bread.
> Dianna Arnett
>
>
Keep in mind other factors such as mineral deficiencies may not be a problem
in their grazing fields, what kind of hay do they feed, etc. The wheat bran
standing alone is not the sole culprit - you must look at the whole picture.
Also, bread is a processed wheat and not the bran husks alone therefore you
wouldn't have the calcium binding factor there. I don't think I'd want to
feed my horse processed bread. I would wonder if the processed bread doesn't
leech out some minerals and vitamins. Interesting, feeding bread to horses.
I'm open minded though . . . any other thoughts?
Joyce