Corn oil?

[Sliggett.xo]

Hi so I know a lot of people use corn oil for shiny coat , healthy hooves and weight gain etc however I also know that it is very high in omega 6 but has no omega 3 is this a big problem as I was thinking of adding corn oil to my horses feed or is there a better option to promote healthy coat and weight gain?

 

[Pearlsasinger]

I would use linseed oil instead

 

[ycbm]

Wrong oil, bad omega ratios.

Feed manufacturers use soya or rapeseed. Rapeseed oil is cheap and healthy. £1 a litre or less.

I feed one of mine 400ml a day.
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[ycbm]

Anyone else feeding large quantities of oil and finding the supermarkets cleaned out, Booker in Macclesfield have masses in 20 litre drums. If you don't have a Booker card I can buy it for you and hand it over in the car park.

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[PurBee]

Look online for tables showing the omega ratios in all popular available oils.
here’s a good one:


https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/optimize-omega-6-omega-3-ratio#section4

All veg oils have a higher omega 6 than 3 ratio, except for linseed/flaxseed oil.
By using the tables analysis you can use a veg oil and work out how much linseed oil to also add to balance out the omega 6 heavy ratio.
When grazing is good the omega 3’s in fresh grass intake help hugely and you’ll be able to drop the supplemented omega 3.
That’s if the horse has access to many hours grazing grass. If just 4 hours grazing and below /24hrs due to grass intolerance reasons, the omega 3 would still need to be supplemented.

 

[ycbm]

Purbee rapeseed oil isnt even in that list. Keyflow on why they use rapeseed in their horse feeds:


https://keyflowfeeds.com/feeding-the-correct-omega-oils/

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[ihatework]

Canola is rapeseed, no?

 

[PurBee]

Yes, canola oil is rapeseed oil.

 

[PurBee]

Purbee rapeseed oil isnt even in that list. Keyflow on why they use rapeseed in their horse feeds:


https://keyflowfeeds.com/feeding-the-correct-omega-oils/

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Great they’re using a blend of oils to get the correct omega ratio, saves the hassle of working it out and buying several bottles to mix a homemade version. Wonderful the plant oils are cold pressed, its hard to find that in the equi market. Not sure about fish oil for horses personally, just to ensure DHA content. The garlic oil puts me off most though.. Re gut issues. Do they do a version without fish and garlic oils?

Theres actually a rapeseed/canola plant that‘s genetically modified that now contains EPA and DHA oils in the seed. Most veg sources of omega 3 are ALA, the body has to convert it to end-use DHA version. Depending on individual enzyme rates of converting this for humans and animals, determines how much DHA ends up being formed and used...hence why fish oils are used as mostly animal sources contain DHA form.

Its incredible theyve genetically engineered a seed to produce DHA and EPA....i’m kinda in awe and concerned too!

Although another (natural) form of great EPA and DHA levels for herbivores is from chlorella and spirulina. cost of those compared to other forms i havent worked out.

 

[ycbm]

Yes, canola oil is rapeseed oil.

Technically not, canola is a modified form.

But in any case, rapesed oil has 1:2 3 to 6 omega ratio, beating by a factor of two the 1:4 or less which is considered healthy.

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[PurBee]

Technically not, canola is a modified form.

But in any case, rapesed oil has 1:2 3 to 6 omega ratio, beating by a factor of two the 1:4 or less which is considered healthy.

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yes, rapeseed has a less worse omega ration than other veg oils, and id choose that too if i had to feed fat, as it’s easier to add just a small amount of omega 3 linseed to balance it out.
Rapeseed still contains an inverted ratio, delivering double pro-inflammatory fatty acids compared to anti-inflammatory acids, and i haven’t yet found any literature for mammals, especially horses, that suggest having more pro-inflammatory acids is healthy.
Hence why everywhere, the top-up of linseed oil is recommended for horses not on grass, especially ones being fed a % of diet as high omega 6 oil fat...to obtain at least a 1:1 ratio.

 

[ycbm]

You wouldn't add linseed if you had a horse who reacts to linseed like one of mine ?

 

[PurBee]

You wouldn't add linseed if you had a horse who reacts to linseed like one of mine ?

Navigating ingredients and intolerances in horses is a headache isnt it?! All for the love of the horse, we must be mad! ?