Re: RC: Re: Purina Complete Advantage

["Susan Garlinghouse" <suendavid@worldnet.att.net>]

I'm not sure if I would describe Complete Advantage as a "complete
feed"---it is a complete *supplement*, in that it already has grain, a
vit/min pack in it, etc, but it does NOT replace hay in the ration.  Skip
Hintz at Cornell has recommended that even straight beet pulp not replace
more than 50% of the hay in the forage ration---so since Complete Advantage
is less than 100% beet pulp, it replaces even less of the forage ration.  My
recommendation is feed the Complete Advantage as a supplement to hay, not as
a total replacement for.  I feed it with free-choice grass hay.

Susan G
----- Original Message -----
From: Linda Romander <romander@foothill.net>
To: Susan Garlinghouse <suendavid@worldnet.att.net>;
<ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 9:10 PM
Subject: Re: RC: Re: Purina Complete Advantage


> Susan,
>
> I talked to the Purina rep at AERC in Reno and liked what I saw/heard
about
> Complete Advantage.  Since it is a complete feed, I am concerned that
horses
> will scarf it up and then stand around too long with nothing to chew on,
as the
> would on hay.  Plus, does the roughage in this feed hang around in the
> intestines during a competition to supply the e-lytes, water, and VFAs
that hay
> provides?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Linda
>
> Susan Garlinghouse wrote:
>
> > > Bob  BRJ@aol.com
> > > Does anyone use Complete Advantage by Purnia for the beet pulp
supplement
> > that it provides? Pro and Cons on Complete Advantage?
> > > Thanks
> > > Bob
> > >
> >
> > I do, lots of it, and I'm very happy with it.
>
>