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I have a 20 year old horse with a solid stool but sometimes he has brown water stains on his butt. I sometimes wonder if it seeps out while he sleeps because it is often only on one side. He seems to experience this in response to stress, like hauling, or recently with the arrival of new horses to his stable area. He does not eat alfalfa; he eats Bermuda grass hay, about 24 pounds daily, split into three feedings. Supplementary feed: Bar Ale Esteem Focus 3# once a day (NSC content is 21%).
I am wondering if it would help to cut his Supplemental feed until the symptoms are gone? Maybe discontinue current supplemental feed and substitute a ration balancer? I am not able to understand this article well, but does it suggest that more fiber and less concentrate is better?
Hello Soday,
To answer your first question, no I think the main gist was how similar the horses with loose stools were to controls. A small difference was the water holding capacity but none of the characteristics they examined seemed to be cause. I am glad you found a formulation that has worked for your horse. It is interesting that the fix includes alfalfa as many horses get looser stools on alfalfa.
DrO
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