Feeds & Feeding Horses

EQUINE MEDICINEFeeds and Feeding Horses

Roughage• Hay

• Legumes• Alfalfa

• High nutrient content

• Clover• Lower protein

Roughage

• Hay• Grass

• Timothy• Low protein

• Orchard • Moderate protein

Roughage

• Hay• Grass

• Cereal grass• Oats, wheat,

barley, rye• Fescue

• Low energy• Toxic

• Bermuda• Dry-fine stems

Roughage

Silage Haylage

Pasture• Natural • 1 horse-2.5-5 acres

• Rotational grazing• Stocking rate

• Factors• Management

Concentrates

• High energy feeds• Uses

• Regulate energy• Regulate nutrients

• Problems • Choke• Tying-up• Founder

Concentrates

Oats Sorghum

Corn

Barley

Concentrates

Wheat

Cane Molasses

Wheat Bran

Protein Supplements

• Linseed meal• Soybean meal• Cottonseed meal• Commercial

Supplements

Minerals

• Trace mineral salt• Natural craving• No Calcium• No Phosphorus

Calculating Nutrients

• Requirements• Feed types• Palatability• Maximum feed

intake• Nutrients in feed

Feed Management

• Quality feeds• Balanced rations• ½ ration-hay• Free choice salt• Monitor teeth• Regular exercise• Feed as individuals