Discussion on Feeding Oats
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Leah Hinnefeld (Belhaven)
| | Posted on Saturday, Jul 6, 2002 - 3:58 pm: |   |
I have a curiousity question in light of the trend of high fat diets, soybeans and rice bran.
In your article on grains you state, "Many have called oats the perfect grain for horses and it is easy to see why."
Assuming of course you balance the calcium and have a means of adding lysine would you still consider oats the perfect grain for horses?
Just simply an enquiring mind wants to know  |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM (Dro)
| | Posted on Sunday, Jul 7, 2002 - 10:00 am: | |
The main, but not only, reason oats are a great grain for horses is because of their comparitively low caloric / high fiber make up. That would not change by bolstering deficiencies in other grains, some of which are a problem in oats too.
DrO |
Kacy Hertz
Member
Username: kacy
Post Number: 8
Registered: 10-2006
| | Posted on Monday, Apr 9, 2007 - 9:35 am: | |
Would this information, regarding the use of oats, be appropriate to supplement the feeding of hay for a insulin resistant pony??? She went off pellets to cut down carbs and eats only hay. She also gets smartpaks to supplement her nutrition but starting losing too much weight so the barn manager started her on oats. This was instead of Nutrena Safe Choice pellets that I suggested. Any input??? Thanks. |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM
Moderator
Username: dro
Post Number: 18203
Registered: 1-1997
| | Posted on Monday, Apr 9, 2007 - 7:07 pm: | |
It is always a mistake to pick out one aspect of nutrition and discuss it in isolation of all other aspects and in the case of unexpected weight loss general management factors including deworming should be reviewed.
I would follow the advice in Overview of Feeding Kacy which after checking the general principles, has a subtopic and link that addresses weight loss. If a grain is thought to a good choice of feeds (unusual for insulin resistant individuals) oats, as stated above, would be a good choice.
DrO |
