Re: about flax/linseed...

["Tracey" <tracey@tbt.co.za>]

Hi, Susan.  Picked up the thread.  Just a question : what is linseed MEAL.
Over here, I use linseed, which is a schlep as I have to boil it for 5 hours
before using it, to make sure its safe for horses.


Thanks
Tracey
-----Original Message-----
From: Susan Garlinghouse <suendavid@worldnet.att.net>
To: ridecamp@endurance.net <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Monday, May 08, 2000 6:32 PM
Subject: RC: about flax/linseed...


>Hmmm, I tried to send this yesterday, but it didn't seem to go through, so
>let's try again...
>
>>Subject: Re: Re: feeding linseed meal to my thin horse
>>
>>Hi Susan,  thanks for the feeding info.  Now I have a bag of linseed meal
>>that I dont know what to do with.  Had no idea it was the same thing as
>flax
>>seed.  Duh!!  Maybe my goats and sheep would like it.
>
>Yes, they like it just fine.  Just don't feed alot to them all at once
>either.  A handful a day until it's gone is fine.
>
>How come
>it
>>acts like a diuretic?
>
>I've never heard it referred to as a diuretic, nor do any of my references
>mention it as such.  However, it does have emetic (read laxative)
>properties, which is why you'd never feed linseed oil as a fat supplement.
>If you fed it in sufficient quantities, I suppose you could lose
significant
>fluids that way---but I suspect if your horse were dehydrated, there were
>probably other factors involved.
>
>>Does
>>the beet pulp balance out the rice bran  as far as the Ca/Phos ratio?
This
>>is getting confusing.  I gotta find me some FatPak.!!!  Thanks again.
>gesa>n clovis n sky
>
>NO IT DOES NOT.  There *is* some calcium in beet pulp, more than in any of
>the other feeds except for alfalfa, but not enough to offset the high
>phosphorus content of rice bran on a one to one basis.  For every pound of
>rice bran fed, you need to either feed one pound of alfalfa, or two pounds
>of beet pulp (dry weight) to offset the Ca:P ratio.  This is, of course,
>assuming the rest of your ration is already more or less balanced.  Anyone
>that knows me knows I'm not a big fan of rice bran at all, but if you must
>feed it, I highly recommend not feeding more than two pounds a day tops.
>Otherwise, you're having to feed alot of other things to offset the mineral
>imbalances, which tends to open up a myriad of other cans o' worms. :-)
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>Susan Garlinghouse
>
>
>
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