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Discussion on Nitrogen flushing in Farriers Formula
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Frances
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Posted on Friday, Oct 13, 2006 - 12:27 pm:
DrO: Farriers Formula is at last available here in vacuum packed form, rather than the plastic tubs (of which I've amassed millions  ). It's also about 25% cheaper in this form  .
I see though that it's described as being "nitrogen flushed" to assure freshness - what does this mean, and is it anything to be concerned about? The tubs didn't carry the same message.
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DrO
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Posted on Saturday, Oct 14, 2006 - 8:57 am:
Hello LL,
Wow nitrogen flushed, I have not seen this before but it is nothing to worry about after most of the air you breathe are nitrogen (N2) molecules. The purpose, I am sure, is to reduce spoilage caused by oxygen (oxidation). Nitrogen is very stable and will retard the rate that chemicals and nutrients will degrade.
DrO
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Frances
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Posted on Saturday, Oct 14, 2006 - 9:37 am:
DrO, thanks very much for setting my ever-anxious mind at rest!
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Member:
frances
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Posted on Sunday, Jun 24, 2007 - 5:19 am:
One more question about feeding Farriers Formula: on the packaging it states "This complementary feed stuff should be fed only up to 5% of the daily ration because of its higher content of micro nutrients compared to whole feed".
Do you think the "daily ration" includes forage or means feed only? Because if the latter, I'm way out - my horse gets only a scoop of chaff and half of barley twice a day (the rest of her intake being hay, carrots, apples and green leafy vegetables that I bring her) so although I only give her half a cup daily of FF, it must be far more than 5% of the actual feed.
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DrO
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Posted on Monday, Jun 25, 2007 - 7:01 am:
Daily ration must be total diet LL. It makes no sense to be 5% of the concentrate as for many horses this is a very small number or 0. For calculating daily ration by weight when the horse is on pasture see Overview of Nutrition.
DrO
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frances
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Posted on Monday, Jun 25, 2007 - 10:25 am:
That's what I thought, but I was worried because they compared it to "whole FEED". Phew! Thank you DrO.
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