which oil?

i spoke to a nutritionalist about weight gain for my TB, who suggested corn oil as most fattening. I have seen alot of people at my yard use soya oil, anyone use this what are its properties?
It seem cod liver oil is not as good as often thought for mobility, purely for coat condition etc?? views....suggestions?
 
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I always used to feed soya oil, it is also supposed to help with losing the winter coat. Mine did lose his entire Yak coat (unclipped) in a week but might be a coincidence
 
Linseed oil is very good for putting on condition and also gives your horse a shiny coat (I use ground linseed from Simple Systems for my Anglo as has other stuff in it). I have heard that soya oil can send some horses a bit loopy - but then I think the added calories in any oil might do that.
 
I use dengie alpha with oil ,you dont have to mess about with measuring or cleaning oily feed bowls.It has kept weight on my tb all winter.
 
I use dengie alpha with oil ,you dont have to mess about with measuring or cleaning oily feed bowls.It has kept weight on my tb all winter.
They have a offer on at the moment if you register online( go to www.dengie.com enter your details and a code mine is 2634 or another friends code if they have already registered) you will then get your reg code .If three friends reg using your code you will get a £10 voucher that way you can try the above feed virtually free.
 
For weight gain you need to feed between 200 and 500ml of oil per day!!However when feeding this amount you need to balance the feed with selenium???and something else,off the top of my head i cannot remember,sure someone else on here will know though,fantastic source of weight gain if all the essential vits etc are still kept balanced!!
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Dont feed cod liver oil as my horse herbivore!!
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Research has found that feeding oil at high rates (the rates needed for weight gain) means the body looses antioxidants and therefore it bocomes negative rather than positive and the only way to reverse this is to feed vit E. Baileys feeds actually told me not to feed any oils for this reason too!
 
Hi no, its fed at 'coat shine/energy levels, not weight gain levels so its ok. I was told anything over 150ml a day was unhealpful. Hope that helps
 
Our girl is old and a bit arthriticy (sp?), in addition to Cortavet the vet recommended corn oil as it is the closest thing (at a resonable price) to omega 3 oil and would be best for her.
 
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Baileys feeds actually told me not to feed any oils for this reason too!

[/ QUOTE ] Probably because they want you to feed their expensive oil-rich Outshine instead!
 
I use Soya Oil on my TBx who is both feed-sensitive (whizzes up at most things) and a fussy eater. He chows it down and it definitely doesn't fizz him up.
Plus his massively yeti like coat is finer, and he loses it more easily.
Also helps keep weight on.
Highly recommend, especially as it's cheap too.
 
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