Post by harleydales on Nov 5, 2010 14:44:00 GMT -1
These are the pellets recommended for EPSM horses and also those that are prone to tying up. EPSM cannot utilise carbs from grains properly, they store them in an unusable way, so have to get their energy and calories from fats and oil - you are looking at 25% of the calorie intake being from oil or fat.
I was asked in another thread for the composition of the ERS pellets he is getting - here it is:
Wheatfeed
Grass
Oatfeed
Full fat soya
Veg oil
Unmolassed sugar beet
Vits/mins as usual.
They couldn't tell me the %ages of each.
The analysis is:
13.5 digestible energy MJ/kg
11% protein
10% oil
14% fibre
8% ash
19250 iu/kg vit a
2375 iu/kg vit D3
430 iu/kg vit E
At the moment Harley is geting:
1.5 pounds of ERS pellets - being built up to 1 kg if necessary
2/3 mug of soya oil - being built up to 1 cup.
1 vit scoop of feedmark vit E/selenium
1 vit scoop of feedmark benevit advance general multivit/min
1/2 pound Fibergy.
He's out 24/7.
He's losing weight/dropping muscle - none of the other horses on the same grass are, and they are not getting fed anything at all. Usually Harley maintains his weight at this time of year off the grass.
Beth Valentine, the EPSM guru in the states recommends up to 2 cups of oil per day, but said if I can get Harls to 1kg of feed and 1 cup of oil we should be almost there.
Any thoughts?
I was asked in another thread for the composition of the ERS pellets he is getting - here it is:
Wheatfeed
Grass
Oatfeed
Full fat soya
Veg oil
Unmolassed sugar beet
Vits/mins as usual.
They couldn't tell me the %ages of each.
The analysis is:
13.5 digestible energy MJ/kg
11% protein
10% oil
14% fibre
8% ash
19250 iu/kg vit a
2375 iu/kg vit D3
430 iu/kg vit E
At the moment Harley is geting:
1.5 pounds of ERS pellets - being built up to 1 kg if necessary
2/3 mug of soya oil - being built up to 1 cup.
1 vit scoop of feedmark vit E/selenium
1 vit scoop of feedmark benevit advance general multivit/min
1/2 pound Fibergy.
He's out 24/7.
He's losing weight/dropping muscle - none of the other horses on the same grass are, and they are not getting fed anything at all. Usually Harley maintains his weight at this time of year off the grass.
Beth Valentine, the EPSM guru in the states recommends up to 2 cups of oil per day, but said if I can get Harls to 1kg of feed and 1 cup of oil we should be almost there.
Any thoughts?
