>Jorene Downs wrote:
>>=20
>> I don't think this exerpt will answer your question, but according
>> to the faxed info provided by the makers of Natural Glo:
>>=20
>> "For horses on an alfalfa hay diet Natural Glo can offset the
>> calcium-phosphorous imbalance, that so often leads to developmental
>> bone disorders in foals, while at the same time not providing too
>> much phosphorous for rations using coastal bermuda or most other
>> grass hays. This is an important factor in broodmares and foals."
>
>The alfalfa part is right. I would be real careful about using very =
much with grass=20
>hays. Coastal bermuda is 0.32% Ca and 0.20% P. 20 pounds grass and 2 =
pounds Natural=20
>Glo gives a Ca/P of 0.86 (and that was using the upper number of Ca =
range given). =20
>Anything less than 1.0 is a problem.
[snips]
>In another post you indicated a magnesium figure of 0.7%. This is a =
very high number. =20
>Alfalfa which is also high is half that. It is magnesium that is the =
probably culprit=20
>in enterolith formation and the reason many refuse to feed alfalfa.
>
>All of these problems are a result of the rice bran Natural Glo =
contains.
Ahhh, someone who seems to understand all this stuff! So I have a
question. We normally feed 50/50 alfalfa/oat when the horses are in
the barn (otherwise on irrigated pasture). Do you see problems
supplementing with Natural Glo in this situation? (light-moderate
work)
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Jorene
just moseyin' down the California trails ... :)
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