Non heating feed...?

flying_high

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I've just done some reading on this. Apparently horses in a decent level of work require around 3000-4000 IU of Vit E a day.
My balancer, fed the higher end rate provides around 800 IU
Omega rice, fed at 1kg a day provides around 431 IU (ish)

So I guess, in the middle of winter where non is being provided by green/growing pasture, any horse even on the above would be pretty deficient if in a high level of work. If my calculations are correct which they may well not be!

Not something I've ever looked in to before and can't say I've ever had a horse I thought may have a Vit E deficiency but quite interesting all the same.

Think you are right, though if getting some grass, think might be some vitamin E.

I have just checked my balancer (which is bespoke from Equinaturals) and I am feeding 3000 IU of Vit E a day. But I had forgotten that I upped it in January.

I think synthetic vitamin E is fairly cheap to add.

As a feeding addition how about soaked grass nuts, if cant wean on to copra. The emerald green grass nuts are not this different in nutritional analysis to Copra and a lot cheaper.
 
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