Re: nutritional content ?'s

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Fescue (full bloom): DE Mcal/lb 0.86 (1.01), Ca % 0.40 (0.43), P % 0.29
(0.32)
Fescue (mature): DE 0.80 (0.89), Ca 0.37 (0.41), P 0.27 (0.30)
Ryegrass, Italian (late veg): DE 0.71 (0.83), Ca 0.53 (0.62), P 0.29 (0.34)

The first number is hay as fed, the parenthetically number is on a dry
matter basis. I suspect cubes will have a lower moisture content than plain
hay - but that is just a guess on my part. Vitamin supplements will have a
negligable DE. If there are sugar binders used in the manufacture of the
pellets, DE will be slightly higher.

One of the great gaps in our labeling law is DE. It is not required and
almost never given for manufactured animal feeds.

Duncan Fletcher
dfletche@gte.net

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> From: Victoria A Thompson <toriandsteve@juno.com>
> To: ridecamp@endurance.net
> Subject: nutritional content ?'s
> Date: Wednesday, May 21, 1997 2:28 PM
>
> I'm looking for some nutritional numbers. I only have select pages from
> the NRC's book on the nutritional requirements for horses and I'm hoping
> someone with the whole book can look up some numbers for me.
>
> I need the DE (MCal) for rye-fescue grass hay pellets (1/4" pellets), and
> Ace Hi Feeds 4-Way. I also need the Calcium and Phosphorus levels for
> those two items. Finally, is there a DE for vitamin supplements? If so
> I need the DE for Select 1.
>
> All I need are the numbers. I can do the calculations myself.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tori
> Toriandsteve@juno.com

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