Grains
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Grains
I have a few questions: What does COPD stand for, or what is it? Why are oats the most popular horse feed? Why do you have to soak sugar beet for at least 12 hours before feeding it to the horse? Who is carried longer a Colt or a Filly? Thanks!
Answer:
How exactly is COPD used in the reference that you are asking for? Oats are the most popular for feeding as they GENERALLY speaking are low in creating a "Hot" horse in comparison to all other natural grains; they are a pure & natural feed (not processed, and the energy, fibre, water, mineral content is exact not approximated); they are not stored in the horse's system, but all excess is eliminated; they do not swell in the horse's system, but remain the same size through digestion; they are easily digestible for the horse's system. Beet Pulp must be fully expanded before being fed to horses. ESPECIALLY if you are feeding with a pelleted food; as the pelleted food will absorb any and all moisture in the horse's digestive tract before being eliminated, due to the process of formation of the pellet (it has been water withdrawn before being packaged). Beet Pulp requires so much water for the complete expansion from the pelleted form, that it is considered to be dangerous to the horse's digestive tract by not being presoaked to replace the withdrawn water that was removed prior to packageing. I just attended a Breeding Seminar by the Veterinarians at the Kentucky Research Center, and there is no difference in time of carriage between a filly and a colt within the mare. It is the mare's own internal gestation time that will determine the rate at which the foal develops within her.
