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Discussion on Compressed for coughing horse
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nikky19
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Posted on Thursday, Feb 5, 2009 - 1:39 am:
I have read through the articles and though there was one thread that included mention of using compressed hay for a horse with mold allergies, I don't see a recommendation for its use in the forage articles. Could you please address?
Another question, how do you balance the higher content of Ca/Ph in Alfalfa if you feed it in the cube form?
Thanks so much.
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DrO
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Posted on Thursday, Feb 5, 2009 - 9:33 am:
Hello J,
Compressed hay can be used anywhere regular hay could be used.
In general adult horses do fine with the high calcium of alfalfa even when fed 100% alfalfa, though it falls out of the recommended range. In most cases horses are fed alfalfa as a supplement to pasture or poorer quality grass hays which bring the cal/phos levels and balance back into a recommended range. We have more on feeding alfalfa to horses at Horse Care » Equine Nutrition, Horse Feeds, Feeding » Alfalfa, Clover: Legumes in the Horse's Diet.
DrO
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vickiann
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Posted on Thursday, Feb 5, 2009 - 4:10 pm:
Though it is usually necessary to order them, T & A cubes are available and they would probably provide the balance you are asking about. Triple Crown is one of the feed companies that makes them.
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nikky19
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Posted on Thursday, Feb 5, 2009 - 5:16 pm:
Thank you Dr.Oglesby and Vicki Zaneis. I have found the Triple Crown cubes locally and the combination of T&A sounds like good advise. Thanks
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