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Bob Coleman Ph.D. PAS Equine Extension Professor

Meeting nutrient needs “Forage selection”. Bob Coleman Ph.D. PAS Equine Extension Professor. Feed Selection Experience or tradition Feed availability Cost Horse’s nutrient needs. F O R A G E. Forage is defined as: the stems, stalks, leaves and seed heads with or without seeds

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Bob Coleman Ph.D. PAS Equine Extension Professor

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  1. Meeting nutrient needs “Forage selection” Bob Coleman Ph.D. PAS Equine Extension Professor

  2. Feed Selection Experience or tradition Feed availability Cost Horse’s nutrient needs

  3. F O RAGE

  4. Forage is defined as: the stems, stalks, leaves and seed heads with or without seeds consumed by horses by grazing or following harvest.

  5. Harvested Forage for Horses Hay Silage +/or Haylage?? Straw Fodder/stover

  6. Forage/Hay Provides: nutrients normal gut function maintain gut health chew time

  7. Horse Hay Legume Grass Mixed Hay Cereal Grain

  8. Legumes - alfalfa - red clover - alsike clover **

  9. Red Clover Slobbers Mold induced Slaframine

  10. Alsike Clover Photosensitivity Liver disease Fatal

  11. Grasses (cool season) Orchard grass Blue grass Fescue ** Timothy Brome grass Reed Canary grass

  12. Grasses (warm season) Bermuda grass Big Blue stem Eastern Gama grass Switch grass *** Indian grass

  13. Nutrient Content of Common Forages For Horses (dry matter basis) Adapted from NRC 1989

  14. Other Forages Cereal Hay Grain present Waste ? Oat Hay DM = 85% DE = 0.98 mcal / lb CP = 9%

  15. Other Forages Haylage or silages Corn Stalks Soybean straw Sorghum-Sudan grass?? Cereal Straw

  16. Other Forages Waste Unknown intakes Variation in nutrients Quality factors Management issues

  17. Horse Quality Forage - horses will eat - contains nothing harmful - provides required nutrients

  18. Heaves a permanent respiratory condition caused by the feeding of moldy hay.

  19. Hay substitutes Alfalfa pellets nutrient source managed intakes

  20. Alfalfa Cubes replace hay (lb for lb) similar to alfalfa hay managed intakes

  21. Alternative fiber sources Adapted form NRC 2007

  22. Soy hulls and Beet pulp Digestible fiber Hind gut fermentation Source of calories

  23. Quality Forage is a significant source of nutrients.

  24. Will there be enough hay?

  25. Make the most of your inventory Feed the amount required. Use a suitable feeder waste of 20 - >35%

  26. How much does your horse need? Depends on hay quality. 1.75% - 2.25% Minimum 1.0% 50% of diet forage

  27. Ration Suggestions For an 1100 lb horse at maintenance. Free choice salt and mineral also required.

  28. Ration Suggestions For an 1100 lb horse at maintenance. Free choice salt and mineral also required.

  29. Minimum Forage Rations For an 1100 lb horse at maintenance. Free choice salt and mineral also required.

  30. Minimum Forage Rations For an 1100 lb horse at maintenance. Free choice salt and mineral also required.

  31. Consider the forage and all it provides.

  32. Minimum Forage Rations For an 1100 lb horse at maintenance. Free choice salt and mineral also required.

  33. Ration Suggestions For an 1100 lb horse at maintenance. Free choice salt and mineral also required.

  34. Ration Suggestions For an 1100 lb horse at maintenance. Free choice salt and mineral also required.

  35. Ration Suggestions For an 1100 lb horse at maintenance. Free choice salt and mineral also required.

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