ridecamp@endurance.net: Re: wheat vs rice bran

Re: wheat vs rice bran

Tivers@aol.com
Sat, 18 Oct 1997 22:02:27 -0400 (EDT)

In a message dated 97-10-18 17:48:39 EDT, suendavid@worldnet.att.net writes:

<< However, no, wheat bran is not as bad as rice bran---and for
that matter, I don't want anyone thinking that rice bran is BAD per se,
like rat poison. It's simply a high-phosphorus food---if you happened
to have a horse that NEEDED a phosphorus supplement, then by golly, rice
bran would be just the thing. >>

Don't forget the gut-coating aspect of brans, Susan. You may have a situation
where very little nutrient gets to the horse, making the Ca/P ratio
irrelevant.

ti

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