ridecamp@endurance.net: Re: % added fat

Re: % added fat

Linda H VanCeylon (lindavan.eqath@juno.com)
Mon, 28 Apr 1997 17:23:36 PST

On Mon, 28 Apr 97 08:04:17 EDT "Peck, B.B. (Barbara) (446-8507)"
<bpeck@VNET.IBM.COM> writes:
>
>On your recent post, is your % added fat figurered correctly?
>(I'm referring to the post about adding corn oil to increase the fat
>to 3-6%)
>
>It startes to get confusing, because I think alot of people figure the
>added
>(%) fat corn oil adds to the GRAIN.. but then forget the rest of the
>equation,
>which must figure in the total feed fed daily.
>
>Example:
>
>My big horse gets 25 lbs food (dry matter) a day (that includes
>grain).
>I feed him 4 oz (by weight) of cold-pressed corn oil a day, so...
>
>25 lbs converted to oz. is 25x16= 400oz. 4/400= .01= 1% fat added
>That's a nit. as far as increased daily fat.
>
>To increase a horses daily fat by 5%, using corn oil alone, that would
>take
>20 oz. (by weight) of corn oil a day!!!
>
>______________________________________________________________________________
>Are you figuring your horses % fat added by corn-oil correctly?
>

Hi Barb,

I guess I'm NOT figuring the %fat as they did in the article, but as a
pecentage of the total concentrate. I think this is the way Tom
figures, but since I feed hardly any concentrate, maybe I need to change
my thinking. However, if I add in the hay it will come out like your
equation, I'll need to feed 16 oz. I don't think my horse will want to
"drink" that much oil, or if I use soybeans that will throw the protien
off. Not to mention the price of a pint of oil a day.

I'll refigure it and let you know what my actual overall %fat is.

Linda VanCeylon & crew
Buhni, Sunny, Rabbit, & Fiddler
lindavan.eqath@juno.com

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