Re: RC: Re: Purina Complete Advantage

[Linda Romander <romander@foothill.net>]

The  Complete Advantage brochure claims it "is guaranteed to provide 100% or
more of the nutritional requirements of the horse as specified by the NRC when
fed at recommended levels."

Perhaps Purina is not looking at the requirement for roughage.  The crude fiber
content is 'not more than 12.5%.'

Thanks for the info on beet pulp as a forage, Susan.

Linda

Susan Garlinghouse wrote:

> 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.
> >
> >
>
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