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Equine Nutrition.What think I should choose?

I live in northeast Florida.My horse works 4-5 days a week and then we are showing I cut school (Ieno matter what my horse ridden ins't at 4x and no more than 5 times a week) is warm-blooded hunters we do (No bridges) What should I know choose.I hay you want to use the strategy of Purina Mills for grain. ALSO I do not like a lot of feed grains (concentrates) because it can cause ulcers and it is estimated that 80% of horses have ulcers, as sent out on the lawn is getting enough and too concentrated, so only want to use a little strategy and mostly grass hay and I also plan to have a supplement of salt … Hope this helps u help me! lol =]] Wendy R-OMG you answered all my problems lol THANK YOU soooooo much … will not let me choose a better answer now, but when it does Urs haha ​​thanks ill pick another time … very smart lol =]]

Its really not the grain that causes ulcers in the activity of the horses that is more guilty. As long as your diet is balanced, grain should not be the problem. Stress plays an important role in causing ulcers in horses. The horses are stressed when transported over long distances in horse trailers, when subjected to overcrowding in a warm and humid, and when forced to consume food of poor quality, they develop a disease acute or chronic, and when forced to drive a sustained training. All anti-inflammatory drugs, especially aspirin, Butazolidin and banamine-can cause ulcers. The risk and the development of ulcer disease increases with duration of NSAID use. The only way to diagnose an ulcer is actually a gastroscopy exam. Syndrome equine gastric ulcer (EGUS) is a common condition that occurs in about 80 to 90% of racehorses and 50 to 60% non-runners. Symptoms of ulcers in adult horses may include weight loss, bad attitude, loss of appetite, diarrhea, cramps, recurrent, brightness in hair and body conditions, and poor performance. Interestingly, 52% of horses examined that showed no clinical symptoms of digestive disorders had ulcers in their stomachs. Horses are designed to be continuous and only herbivores secrete alkaline saliva during chewing. This is the saliva that buffers the stomach acid pH in a horse pasture. In fact, most horses are kept in situations where continuous forage available, so the addition of natural barriers to the diet can often be beneficial. Now it has more knowlage on ulcers here is what I recommend, assuming your horse is up and not in the grass. GX Strategy (based on the grass, compared with alfalfa based AX) is a good high quality food, pellets, which will provide calories and protein to repair muscles and improve endurance. Adequate levels of vitimans and minerals to support the demands of high performance and added fat to help your horse's longer wheelbase and less fatigue. It will also improve coat and body condition. Just be sure to follow the recommended diet in the bag so that your horse receives all the benefits. As for hay, it really depends on what is available. I would stick with a grass hay and supplement with a legume. Something like the grass in the morning and afternoon and lunch lugume. I like timothy and bermuda. If I have a horse that used to eat the bermuda that will make Timothy. Bermuda does not have a lot of "taste" for the horse, so they tend not to eat heartily whether to alfalfa or other herbs. Timothy has a lot of flavor against them, but tend to cost more too. The value of nutrition, on average, are timothy and Bermuda: Bermuda: 800 calories per pound, 2% fat, 8.50% protein, calcium 0.30%, 0.15% phosphorus, 1.50% potassium. Timothy: 800 calories per pound, 2% fat, 9% protein, calcium 0.40% 0.20% phosphorus, 1.75% potassium. (Actually there is a big difference as you can see) alfalfa (legume). 900 calories per pound, 2% milk, 15% protein, calcium 1.20%, 0.20% phosphorus, 2.50% potassium. And if you want a supplement to help with ulcers and protect your horse I suggest Allay by Adeptus. It has magnesium carbonate, calcium may help neutralize overly acidic pH in the digestive tract. Magnesium and calcium are minerals that have calming effects nervous system as well. (Ideal for the hunter ring). Liquorice extract is commonly used as a dietary ingredient to nutritionally support the stomach lining. Yeast cultures provide nutrients for microbial natural bumps in the digestive tract, improving digestion in general. Yeast is also high in vitamins Group B calm. (It is also ideal for hunters.) This supplement is very palatable and most willing horses eat pureed fresh or added drives. You can only pull strategy. Therefore, baiser of what he told me about what you are doing with your horse here is the power to recommend: For a horse pounds 1200 (you said warm-blooded, so I'm guessing it's a little bigger than the horse of 1000 lbs.) doing the work described, which was need 24,000 calories a day to maintain your current weight and activity level. If you are over weight, eat less feed and food more weight. 14.5 pounds of hay per day. It seems that not much, but are also receiving nutrition pellets. If you feed more hay, feed less concentrated. (Obviously to break small meals during the day or if only 3 power after about 5 pounds each meal, no flakes lbs.) 8.5 pounds of GX Strategy. (Again, break and do not feed more than 5 pounds of concentrate at once). Top dress with Allay If you feed alfalfa to lunch, and then subtract one pound of Strategy always kilo of alfalfa fed. Furthermore, only 6.4 pounds of alfalfa feed for lunch. In my area, which comes out to about 1.5 (6 pounds) of alfalfa flakes and toss in a flake grass with an average of about 4 pounds. Hope this helps and good luck with your sample.