This document discusses the nutrient requirements of racing horses. It notes that nutrition is a key aspect of horse development and management. Racing horses have higher energy, protein, vitamin, mineral, and water needs compared to non-working horses due to the demands of training and racing. The document provides recommendations for feeding weanlings, yearlings, and horses in race training, including appropriate levels of calories, protein, vitamins A, D, E, biotin, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, sodium, chloride and potassium. It also discusses factors like body condition scoring and feeding before and after exercise.
This document discusses feeding of swine, including their nutrient requirements and different diets. Some key points:
- Pigs have high feed efficiency and are classified as omnivores. About 70-75% of production costs come from feed.
- Nutrient requirements vary by age and function. Creep feed for piglets contains 24% protein while finishing pig diets contain 13% protein.
- Common diets include starter, grower, and finisher. Piglets may get anemia without supplemental iron in the creep feed.
- Breeding pigs are fed lower protein (12%) to avoid fattening. Flushing increases ovulation for higher piglet production.
Horse nutrition and feeding involves providing adequate nutrients through forages like pasture and hay as well as grain supplements when needed. Key aspects include:
- Forages should form the basis of horse diets and provide fiber, vitamins and minerals. Pasture is ideal when available.
- Energy, protein, water, minerals and vitamin requirements vary depending on the horse's age, activity level, physiological state and environment. Nutrient needs are met through a combination of forages and grain supplements.
- Proper feeding is important for health, performance and reproduction but some common beliefs about feeding are unfounded. Careful balancing of nutrients is needed to avoid issues like colic.
The document discusses transition cow management, which refers to the three weeks before and after calving. This is an important period as the cow's metabolism and nutrient demands dramatically increase. How the cow copes during this transition period will impact her performance for the rest of the lactation cycle. The document outlines the goals, stages, and feeding recommendations for transition cows. It emphasizes the importance of meeting calcium and energy demands through close-up rations with proper DCAD levels to minimize health issues in fresh cows.
This document discusses feeding strategies for high-yielding dairy cows. It notes that milk is synthesized from nutrients absorbed from the bloodstream. High yielders are defined as cows producing over 20 kg/day or buffaloes over 15 kg/day. Feeding strategies for high yielders include providing extra rations of high-quality roughage and concentrates, gradually increasing concentrates, and maintaining 14% crude protein. Challenge feeding involves increasing concentrates before calving to prepare cows for high milk production. Minerals like calcium, phosphorus and magnesium are also important to meet requirements and prevent issues like milk fever. Buffers help maintain rumen pH for optimal fiber digestion and milk fat levels.
Dry matter intake of cows can be influenced by physical fill, metabolic feedback, and oxygen consumption. It is also affected by moisture, neutral detergent fiber, and fat content of diets as well as the forage to concentrate ratio. Additional factors include cow behavior, dominance at the feed bunk, weather, feeding method as a total mixed ration or individual ingredients, feeding frequency, sequence of feeding, and access time to feed. Maximizing intake requires adequate bunk space and feeding time for cows.
Downer cow syndrome is defined as a cow that has been recumbent for over 24 hours, usually following parturient paresis or milk fever. It can be caused by metabolic disorders like hypocalcemia, traumatic injuries, or severe toxemia around the time of calving. Affected cows remain recumbent even after calcium treatment and are at risk for muscle and nerve damage from prolonged pressure. Treatment aims to correct biochemical imbalances and get the cow standing, while prevention focuses on promptly and adequately treating milk fever and calving complications.
Unit- I, Lecture- 5 discusses measures of feed energy. It begins by outlining the objectives of imparting knowledge on partitioning of feed energy for livestock. It then defines various measures of feed energy from gross energy to net energy. Gross energy is the total energy in a feed. Digestible energy is gross energy minus energy lost in feces. Metabolizable energy is digestible energy minus losses in urine and gas. Net energy is metabolizable energy minus heat produced during digestion. The lecture provides details on how each form of energy is calculated and factors that can influence energy values.
This document discusses feeding of swine, including their nutrient requirements and different diets. Some key points:
- Pigs have high feed efficiency and are classified as omnivores. About 70-75% of production costs come from feed.
- Nutrient requirements vary by age and function. Creep feed for piglets contains 24% protein while finishing pig diets contain 13% protein.
- Common diets include starter, grower, and finisher. Piglets may get anemia without supplemental iron in the creep feed.
- Breeding pigs are fed lower protein (12%) to avoid fattening. Flushing increases ovulation for higher piglet production.
Horse nutrition and feeding involves providing adequate nutrients through forages like pasture and hay as well as grain supplements when needed. Key aspects include:
- Forages should form the basis of horse diets and provide fiber, vitamins and minerals. Pasture is ideal when available.
- Energy, protein, water, minerals and vitamin requirements vary depending on the horse's age, activity level, physiological state and environment. Nutrient needs are met through a combination of forages and grain supplements.
- Proper feeding is important for health, performance and reproduction but some common beliefs about feeding are unfounded. Careful balancing of nutrients is needed to avoid issues like colic.
The document discusses transition cow management, which refers to the three weeks before and after calving. This is an important period as the cow's metabolism and nutrient demands dramatically increase. How the cow copes during this transition period will impact her performance for the rest of the lactation cycle. The document outlines the goals, stages, and feeding recommendations for transition cows. It emphasizes the importance of meeting calcium and energy demands through close-up rations with proper DCAD levels to minimize health issues in fresh cows.
This document discusses feeding strategies for high-yielding dairy cows. It notes that milk is synthesized from nutrients absorbed from the bloodstream. High yielders are defined as cows producing over 20 kg/day or buffaloes over 15 kg/day. Feeding strategies for high yielders include providing extra rations of high-quality roughage and concentrates, gradually increasing concentrates, and maintaining 14% crude protein. Challenge feeding involves increasing concentrates before calving to prepare cows for high milk production. Minerals like calcium, phosphorus and magnesium are also important to meet requirements and prevent issues like milk fever. Buffers help maintain rumen pH for optimal fiber digestion and milk fat levels.
Dry matter intake of cows can be influenced by physical fill, metabolic feedback, and oxygen consumption. It is also affected by moisture, neutral detergent fiber, and fat content of diets as well as the forage to concentrate ratio. Additional factors include cow behavior, dominance at the feed bunk, weather, feeding method as a total mixed ration or individual ingredients, feeding frequency, sequence of feeding, and access time to feed. Maximizing intake requires adequate bunk space and feeding time for cows.
Downer cow syndrome is defined as a cow that has been recumbent for over 24 hours, usually following parturient paresis or milk fever. It can be caused by metabolic disorders like hypocalcemia, traumatic injuries, or severe toxemia around the time of calving. Affected cows remain recumbent even after calcium treatment and are at risk for muscle and nerve damage from prolonged pressure. Treatment aims to correct biochemical imbalances and get the cow standing, while prevention focuses on promptly and adequately treating milk fever and calving complications.
Unit- I, Lecture- 5 discusses measures of feed energy. It begins by outlining the objectives of imparting knowledge on partitioning of feed energy for livestock. It then defines various measures of feed energy from gross energy to net energy. Gross energy is the total energy in a feed. Digestible energy is gross energy minus energy lost in feces. Metabolizable energy is digestible energy minus losses in urine and gas. Net energy is metabolizable energy minus heat produced during digestion. The lecture provides details on how each form of energy is calculated and factors that can influence energy values.
This document provides an overview of animal nutrition, including the objectives, basic nutrients, feed analysis, digestion in monogastric and ruminant animals, and nutrient requirements. It discusses the six classes of nutrients - water, carbohydrates, fats, proteins, minerals, and vitamins. It describes the digestive tract of monogastrics and ruminants, and the pathways of energy and protein. The document also covers nutrient requirements for maintenance, growth, fattening, reproduction, lactation, and work. Finally, it discusses ration formulation and diet modification to minimize nitrogen and phosphorus pollution.
The document discusses feeding practices for dogs and cats. It describes common feedstuffs used for dogs including meat, dairy products, eggs, cereals, fats and oils, and vegetables. It also discusses types of dog food such as dry food, semi-moist food, and canned food. The document provides feeding schedules and recommendations for puppies and dogs of different ages and sizes. It also discusses home-made food options and compares the nutritional needs of cats versus dogs.
This document discusses the importance of minerals in animal health and production. It provides information on the classification of minerals as major/macro or trace/micro minerals. The major minerals are calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, sodium, potassium, chlorine and sulfur. Trace minerals include iron, copper, cobalt, manganese, zinc, iodine, selenium and molybdenum. Minerals perform important structural, physiological, catalytic and regulatory functions in the body. Calcium and phosphorus are particularly significant as they make up the majority of mineral content in bones and teeth. The document outlines factors that influence mineral requirements and utilization.
This document summarizes key aspects of managing the transition period for high-yielding dairy cows. The transition period is 4 weeks before and after calving and is a time of increased health risks. Feeding a balanced transition diet is important to reduce risks of diseases like milk fever and ketosis. The transition diet should gradually increase energy and protein while decreasing fiber to support intake and metabolism without disrupting the rumen. Minerals like calcium, phosphorus, and magnesium and the dietary cation-anion difference must be carefully managed to prevent milk fever. Commercial transition supplements can help achieve these nutrient balances and support a smooth transition to lactation.
enhancing the functionality of milk by dietary manipulationSharishKumar2
This document summarizes strategies to enhance the functionality of milk through dietary modification. It discusses:
1) What are functional foods and considerations for them, including that they are foods derived from natural ingredients that have a particular function when consumed as part of the daily diet.
2) Ways to increase certain nutrients and compounds in milk like conjugated linoleic acid, omega-3 fatty acids, selenium, and docosahexaenoic acid through feeding practices such as increasing intake of their precursors from pasture, plants, or supplements.
3) Research showing how dietary changes like adding oils, herbal extracts, or fish oil to cow feed can boost nutrients like CLA, omega-3s, and D
Heat treatment and chemical treatments can increase the bypass protein content of feed ingredients fed to ruminants. Heat treatment through processes like autoclaving can increase the rumen undegraded protein fraction by denaturing proteins and forming protein-carbohydrate complexes. Chemical treatments using formaldehyde or lignosulfonate can also increase rumen undegraded protein by forming cross-links between amino acids or precipitating protein respectively, making it less susceptible to microbial breakdown in the rumen. The level of treatment and feed ingredient impacts the effectiveness at increasing bypass protein for ruminant digestion and nutrition.
This document discusses several metabolic diseases that can affect large ruminants, with a focus on milk fever. Milk fever is a hypocalcemia condition seen around the time of calving, characterized by muscle weakness and depression. It is caused by a severe drop in blood calcium levels due to increased calcium demands of lactation. The document outlines the risk factors, stages of clinical signs, diagnosis through calcium testing, and treatment using calcium supplements. Prevention focuses on dietary management of calcium and phosphorus levels before and after calving.
This document provides a review of transition cow management. It was produced by Dairy Australia and authored by Ian Lean and Peter DeGaris. The transition period, defined as the 4 weeks before and after calving, is a time of increased disease risk as cows undergo metabolic adaptations to lactation. An integrated nutritional approach is needed to optimize rumen function, calcium and bone metabolism, energy metabolism, protein metabolism, and immune function during this period. This helps establish a successful lactation and improves cow health and productivity.
This document discusses the nutrient requirements of sheep and goats. It begins by describing the ruminant digestive system and how it processes different types of feeds. It then discusses the five essential nutrients required by sheep and goats: water, energy, protein, minerals, and vitamins. For each nutrient, it provides details on sources, requirements, and factors that can affect requirements. The document emphasizes that nutrient requirements vary based on species, size, stage of production, production level, and other environmental factors. It concludes with steps for balancing rations to meet animal nutrient needs.
The objective of a defined feeding management program is to supply a range of balanced diets that satisfy the nutrient requirements at all stages of development & that optimize efficiency and profitability without compromising bird welfare or the environment.
Fermentation of carbohydrates in the rumen of dairy cows produces volatile fatty acids (VFAs) like acetic, propionic, and butyric acid. Acetic acid is used for energy and milk fat synthesis. Propionic acid is converted to glucose in the liver. Butyric acid is converted to ketones that provide energy. A balance of fibrous and non-fibrous carbohydrates in the diet optimizes VFA production and milk yield. Changing the forage-to-concentrate ratio impacts VFA profiles and influences milk production, fat content, and feed efficiency.
This document discusses precision feeding in dairy cattle. It defines precision feeding as meeting nutrient requirements with maximum precision to ensure efficient and safe production while minimizing environmental pollution. Precision feeding involves phase feeding, with different dietary formulations for early, mid, and late lactation. Key aspects of precision feeding discussed include improving nitrogen use efficiency, reducing methane emissions, and using additives to maintain rumen health and increase nutrient utilization.
Digestion and metabolism trials are conducted to determine the digestibility and utilization of nutrients from feeds. Digestion trials measure the absorption of nutrients from the gastrointestinal tract by determining apparent digestibility coefficients. Metabolism trials provide more information by also measuring nutrient balances through the collection of urine, milk, gases, etc. Different methods are used to conduct these trials including direct collection methods using cages and bags, indirect methods using markers, and in vitro laboratory methods.
1. Proper ration formulation for dairy animals is important to optimize their milk production, reproduction and health. Rations should meet the animals' nutrient needs during different stages and account for factors like milk yield, body weight and forage quality.
2. Balanced rations can improve digestibility, increase milk yield and fat-corrected milk, enhance feed efficiency and reduce production costs. Special care is needed when formulating rations for high producing animals and those in transition periods.
3. Feeding calves requires proper colostrum and liquid feeding initially, followed by transition to solid feed like calf starter to support growth and rumen development. A structured feeding schedule tailored to the calf's age and needs optimizes its
Far Off To Fresh Cow- Opportunities to Improve Transition PerformanceDAIReXNET
Dr. mike Overton presented this information for DAIReXENT on Monday, March 18, 2013. For more information, please see our archived webinars page at www.extension.org/pages/15830/archived-dairy-cattle-webinars.
Dan McFarland, an Agricultural Engineering Extension Educator for Penn State University, presented this material for DAIReXNET on January 14, 2015.
Find more information at http://www.extension.org/pages/15830/archived-dairy-cattle-webinars
Milk fever, also known as parturient paresis or hypocalcemia, is a metabolic disorder of dairy animals that occurs around calving due to low blood calcium levels. Multiparous, high producing cows and buffaloes fed lush green fodders like alfalfa before calving are most susceptible. Clinical signs include anorexia, muscle shivering, depression, staggering, and recumbency. Treatment involves intravenous calcium injections, while prevention focuses on feeding a low calcium diet before calving and prophylactic calcium supplementation around calving.
This document outlines the course content for Principles of Animal Nutrition and Animal Feed Resources & Forage Conservation. For Principles of Animal Nutrition, the topics covered include the history and scope of animal nutrition science, classification and functions of nutrients, digestion mechanisms, and metabolism. Practical topics include identifying and analyzing feeds and forages. For Animal Feed Resources & Forage Conservation, theory topics cover feedstuff classification and quality, forage conservation techniques like haymaking and silage, and feed supplementation strategies. Practical sessions include forage and feed identification, hay and silage preparation, and analyzing silage samples. Recommended textbooks are also listed.
Smart Senior Strategies Webinar by SmartPak Equinesusantuller
1. The document discusses strategies for providing care and nutrition to aging horses, including when a horse is considered a senior, common health changes in seniors, and ways owners can help compensate through diet, preventative care, and exercise.
2. It recommends owners feed seniors a balanced diet including forage, grains supplemented with vitamins and minerals, and consider additional supplements for digestion, weight gain, and joint support.
3. Regular preventative care like exams, vaccines, and hoof care is also important, as is finding an appropriate low-impact exercise routine.
This document discusses chronic deficiency syndrome, also known as "easy keeper syndrome," in horses. It summarizes early studies from Ohio State University and Dr. Frank Morrison in the early 20th century that linked nutritional deficiencies, especially low calcium intake, to metabolic bone diseases and other conditions in young horses. While these studies showed nutrition's role in horse health, recent veterinary education has focused less on nutrition, treating deficiencies as diseases. The document argues that many common orthopedic and other horse health issues are actually caused by nutritional imbalances and deficiencies, not diseases, and outlines how balanced nutrition is key to tendon and tissue health, soundness, and preventing conditions like tying up, blindness, and more.
This document provides an overview of animal nutrition, including the objectives, basic nutrients, feed analysis, digestion in monogastric and ruminant animals, and nutrient requirements. It discusses the six classes of nutrients - water, carbohydrates, fats, proteins, minerals, and vitamins. It describes the digestive tract of monogastrics and ruminants, and the pathways of energy and protein. The document also covers nutrient requirements for maintenance, growth, fattening, reproduction, lactation, and work. Finally, it discusses ration formulation and diet modification to minimize nitrogen and phosphorus pollution.
The document discusses feeding practices for dogs and cats. It describes common feedstuffs used for dogs including meat, dairy products, eggs, cereals, fats and oils, and vegetables. It also discusses types of dog food such as dry food, semi-moist food, and canned food. The document provides feeding schedules and recommendations for puppies and dogs of different ages and sizes. It also discusses home-made food options and compares the nutritional needs of cats versus dogs.
This document discusses the importance of minerals in animal health and production. It provides information on the classification of minerals as major/macro or trace/micro minerals. The major minerals are calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, sodium, potassium, chlorine and sulfur. Trace minerals include iron, copper, cobalt, manganese, zinc, iodine, selenium and molybdenum. Minerals perform important structural, physiological, catalytic and regulatory functions in the body. Calcium and phosphorus are particularly significant as they make up the majority of mineral content in bones and teeth. The document outlines factors that influence mineral requirements and utilization.
This document summarizes key aspects of managing the transition period for high-yielding dairy cows. The transition period is 4 weeks before and after calving and is a time of increased health risks. Feeding a balanced transition diet is important to reduce risks of diseases like milk fever and ketosis. The transition diet should gradually increase energy and protein while decreasing fiber to support intake and metabolism without disrupting the rumen. Minerals like calcium, phosphorus, and magnesium and the dietary cation-anion difference must be carefully managed to prevent milk fever. Commercial transition supplements can help achieve these nutrient balances and support a smooth transition to lactation.
enhancing the functionality of milk by dietary manipulationSharishKumar2
This document summarizes strategies to enhance the functionality of milk through dietary modification. It discusses:
1) What are functional foods and considerations for them, including that they are foods derived from natural ingredients that have a particular function when consumed as part of the daily diet.
2) Ways to increase certain nutrients and compounds in milk like conjugated linoleic acid, omega-3 fatty acids, selenium, and docosahexaenoic acid through feeding practices such as increasing intake of their precursors from pasture, plants, or supplements.
3) Research showing how dietary changes like adding oils, herbal extracts, or fish oil to cow feed can boost nutrients like CLA, omega-3s, and D
Heat treatment and chemical treatments can increase the bypass protein content of feed ingredients fed to ruminants. Heat treatment through processes like autoclaving can increase the rumen undegraded protein fraction by denaturing proteins and forming protein-carbohydrate complexes. Chemical treatments using formaldehyde or lignosulfonate can also increase rumen undegraded protein by forming cross-links between amino acids or precipitating protein respectively, making it less susceptible to microbial breakdown in the rumen. The level of treatment and feed ingredient impacts the effectiveness at increasing bypass protein for ruminant digestion and nutrition.
This document discusses several metabolic diseases that can affect large ruminants, with a focus on milk fever. Milk fever is a hypocalcemia condition seen around the time of calving, characterized by muscle weakness and depression. It is caused by a severe drop in blood calcium levels due to increased calcium demands of lactation. The document outlines the risk factors, stages of clinical signs, diagnosis through calcium testing, and treatment using calcium supplements. Prevention focuses on dietary management of calcium and phosphorus levels before and after calving.
This document provides a review of transition cow management. It was produced by Dairy Australia and authored by Ian Lean and Peter DeGaris. The transition period, defined as the 4 weeks before and after calving, is a time of increased disease risk as cows undergo metabolic adaptations to lactation. An integrated nutritional approach is needed to optimize rumen function, calcium and bone metabolism, energy metabolism, protein metabolism, and immune function during this period. This helps establish a successful lactation and improves cow health and productivity.
This document discusses the nutrient requirements of sheep and goats. It begins by describing the ruminant digestive system and how it processes different types of feeds. It then discusses the five essential nutrients required by sheep and goats: water, energy, protein, minerals, and vitamins. For each nutrient, it provides details on sources, requirements, and factors that can affect requirements. The document emphasizes that nutrient requirements vary based on species, size, stage of production, production level, and other environmental factors. It concludes with steps for balancing rations to meet animal nutrient needs.
The objective of a defined feeding management program is to supply a range of balanced diets that satisfy the nutrient requirements at all stages of development & that optimize efficiency and profitability without compromising bird welfare or the environment.
Fermentation of carbohydrates in the rumen of dairy cows produces volatile fatty acids (VFAs) like acetic, propionic, and butyric acid. Acetic acid is used for energy and milk fat synthesis. Propionic acid is converted to glucose in the liver. Butyric acid is converted to ketones that provide energy. A balance of fibrous and non-fibrous carbohydrates in the diet optimizes VFA production and milk yield. Changing the forage-to-concentrate ratio impacts VFA profiles and influences milk production, fat content, and feed efficiency.
This document discusses precision feeding in dairy cattle. It defines precision feeding as meeting nutrient requirements with maximum precision to ensure efficient and safe production while minimizing environmental pollution. Precision feeding involves phase feeding, with different dietary formulations for early, mid, and late lactation. Key aspects of precision feeding discussed include improving nitrogen use efficiency, reducing methane emissions, and using additives to maintain rumen health and increase nutrient utilization.
Digestion and metabolism trials are conducted to determine the digestibility and utilization of nutrients from feeds. Digestion trials measure the absorption of nutrients from the gastrointestinal tract by determining apparent digestibility coefficients. Metabolism trials provide more information by also measuring nutrient balances through the collection of urine, milk, gases, etc. Different methods are used to conduct these trials including direct collection methods using cages and bags, indirect methods using markers, and in vitro laboratory methods.
1. Proper ration formulation for dairy animals is important to optimize their milk production, reproduction and health. Rations should meet the animals' nutrient needs during different stages and account for factors like milk yield, body weight and forage quality.
2. Balanced rations can improve digestibility, increase milk yield and fat-corrected milk, enhance feed efficiency and reduce production costs. Special care is needed when formulating rations for high producing animals and those in transition periods.
3. Feeding calves requires proper colostrum and liquid feeding initially, followed by transition to solid feed like calf starter to support growth and rumen development. A structured feeding schedule tailored to the calf's age and needs optimizes its
Far Off To Fresh Cow- Opportunities to Improve Transition PerformanceDAIReXNET
Dr. mike Overton presented this information for DAIReXENT on Monday, March 18, 2013. For more information, please see our archived webinars page at www.extension.org/pages/15830/archived-dairy-cattle-webinars.
Dan McFarland, an Agricultural Engineering Extension Educator for Penn State University, presented this material for DAIReXNET on January 14, 2015.
Find more information at http://www.extension.org/pages/15830/archived-dairy-cattle-webinars
Milk fever, also known as parturient paresis or hypocalcemia, is a metabolic disorder of dairy animals that occurs around calving due to low blood calcium levels. Multiparous, high producing cows and buffaloes fed lush green fodders like alfalfa before calving are most susceptible. Clinical signs include anorexia, muscle shivering, depression, staggering, and recumbency. Treatment involves intravenous calcium injections, while prevention focuses on feeding a low calcium diet before calving and prophylactic calcium supplementation around calving.
This document outlines the course content for Principles of Animal Nutrition and Animal Feed Resources & Forage Conservation. For Principles of Animal Nutrition, the topics covered include the history and scope of animal nutrition science, classification and functions of nutrients, digestion mechanisms, and metabolism. Practical topics include identifying and analyzing feeds and forages. For Animal Feed Resources & Forage Conservation, theory topics cover feedstuff classification and quality, forage conservation techniques like haymaking and silage, and feed supplementation strategies. Practical sessions include forage and feed identification, hay and silage preparation, and analyzing silage samples. Recommended textbooks are also listed.
Smart Senior Strategies Webinar by SmartPak Equinesusantuller
1. The document discusses strategies for providing care and nutrition to aging horses, including when a horse is considered a senior, common health changes in seniors, and ways owners can help compensate through diet, preventative care, and exercise.
2. It recommends owners feed seniors a balanced diet including forage, grains supplemented with vitamins and minerals, and consider additional supplements for digestion, weight gain, and joint support.
3. Regular preventative care like exams, vaccines, and hoof care is also important, as is finding an appropriate low-impact exercise routine.
This document discusses chronic deficiency syndrome, also known as "easy keeper syndrome," in horses. It summarizes early studies from Ohio State University and Dr. Frank Morrison in the early 20th century that linked nutritional deficiencies, especially low calcium intake, to metabolic bone diseases and other conditions in young horses. While these studies showed nutrition's role in horse health, recent veterinary education has focused less on nutrition, treating deficiencies as diseases. The document argues that many common orthopedic and other horse health issues are actually caused by nutritional imbalances and deficiencies, not diseases, and outlines how balanced nutrition is key to tendon and tissue health, soundness, and preventing conditions like tying up, blindness, and more.
This document discusses equine nutrition and digestive physiology. Key points include:
- Horses have delicate dietary needs as herbivores with specialized digestive systems. Proper management focuses on their grazing habits and prey instincts.
- Their digestive tract includes adaptations for grazing like teeth for grinding and a hindgut cecum for microbial fermentation. Dietary changes must be gradual to avoid digestive issues.
- Different classes of horses like performance and breeding horses have specific nutritional needs that change with life stage, activity level, and physiological state. Proper forage and concentrate ratios along with water intake are important.
- Common digestive issues relate to dietary imbalances or changes and include colic, laminitis, and deficiencies
This document provides an overview of nutritional management for overweight pasture-fed horses. It discusses identifying overweight horses using body condition scoring, health risks of excess fat like laminitis and inflammation, and determining ideal body weight. The key strategies for weight loss discussed are reducing calorie intake to 70-90% of maintenance needs through limiting pasture access, using grazing muzzles, or dry lots, as well as increasing energy expenditure through exercise. Special topics covered include calculating energy requirements and dry matter intake from pasture, and managing equine metabolic syndrome through weight loss, exercise, and monitoring insulin levels.
Understanding Equine Metabolic Syndrome by SmartPak Equinesusantuller
Equine Metabolic Syndrome (EMS) is a condition seen in middle-aged horses characterized by obesity, insulin resistance, and laminitis. It is different from Cushing's disease which affects older horses. EMS is managed through exercise, restricted calories/sugar intake, balanced nutrition, targeted supplements like SmartControl IR, and possibly Thyro-L. Early signs include regional fat deposits and laminitis. Testing includes body condition scoring and insulin/glucose tests. Managing pasture intake and cresty necks can be challenging but are important for EMS horses.
El documento resume la popular serie de televisión estadounidense The Big Bang Theory. Se describe que la serie se centra en cuatro científicos inteligentes pero socialmente ineptos y su interacción con su amiga Penny. El éxito de la serie se atribuye a su comedia sofisticada que combina lo absurdo con temas científicos de una manera accesible para todo tipo de público.
The document discusses the Peak2Peak gondola in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. It holds 3 world records, including being the longest and highest bidirectional gondola. It links the Whistler and Blackcomb mountains at an elevation of over 6000 feet and transports people between the two mountains in 11 minutes over its 2.78 mile length.
This document describes an interactive budgeting tool developed by researchers at the University of Arkansas to help fruit producers assess the costs, revenues, risks and break-even points of different production practices. The tool allows users to customize inputs like yields and prices to model "what if" scenarios. It also performs breakeven, sensitivity and risk analyses. An example application looks at conventional versus organic apple production over 18 years. The tool and similar ones for other fruits aim to help producers make more informed economic decisions.
Este documento presenta el resumen de trabajos de Ignacio Eguiagaray García, arquitecto. Incluye información personal y profesional, así como detalles de varios proyectos arquitectónicos y de construcción realizados. Entre los proyectos destacados se encuentran la rehabilitación de un edificio de oficinas en Madrid para convertirlo en viviendas de lujo, la remodelación de un edificio histórico también en Madrid para uso de oficinas, y el diseño de un hotel boutique de cinco estrellas en Fuertevent
Grant Barrick is a Red Seal Chef with over 20 years of experience in various culinary roles. He has worked in remote camps, universities, golf courses, and restaurants. Barrick has extensive experience in menu development, food preparation, staff management, and balancing food costs. His professional experience includes roles as a Sous Chef at Sodexo and MAD Oilfield Solutions, and as a Chef at North Country Catering and Settlers Ghost Golf Club. Barrick has obtained several certifications including Red Seal Journeyman Chef, Food Handlers, and WHIMIS. He is committed to kitchen cleanliness and limiting waste.
IRS News Wire - Offshore Voluntary Compliance Efforts Top $10BillionStephen Herbert
The Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (OVDP) was specifically designed to provide U.S. taxpayers protection from criminal liability due to willful failure to report foreign financial assets and also the conditions for satisfying the civil tax and penalty liabilities with respect to those assets. It can be expected that incremental information will become available to the IRS under FATCA and Foreign Financial Asset Reporting [IRC §6038D] yielding greater influence towards taxpayer compliance.
El documento describe las diferentes etapas por las que pasa un huevo desde que es puesto por una gallina hasta que llega a la mesa del consumidor. Explica el proceso de formación de un huevo, sus partes internas como la clara, yema y cáscara, y cómo factores como la temperatura afectan su calidad. También describe la clasificación de inocuidad y calidad de huevos en Estados Unidos, distinguiendo entre categorías como AA, A y B dependiendo del estado de la cáscara, tamaño de la cámara de aire y consist
Ejercicio de Estadística: Construcción de un Histograma.David Torres
Este documento resume los pasos para construir un histograma de frecuencia absoluta a partir de un conjunto de datos desordenados. Explica que primero se debe ordenar la tabla de datos, luego calcular el rango, número de clases e intervalo de clase. Después, construye la tabla de clases y asigna la frecuencia absoluta a cada clase contando los datos en cada intervalo. Finalmente, representa gráficamente los resultados en un histograma con el intervalo de clase en el eje x y la frecuencia absoluta en el eje y.
Regimen Procesal y Procesos JurisdiccionalesDavid Torres
El proceso se refiere a la actividad procesal que involucra una serie de actos como alegaciones, pruebas y resolución para resolver disputas. El procedimiento se refiere al esquema legal predeterminado que rige cómo deben llevarse a cabo dichos actos procesales. Algunos autores distinguen el proceso para referirse a los trámites ante la autoridad judicial y el procedimiento para los trámites ante la autoridad administrativa.
ATTENTION SNF OPERATORS: Find out how how your facility’s rehospitalization rates will determine how you are reimbursed moving forward.
Are you ready for a Big Game Changer? Health care reform mandates will directly impact your bottom line starting January 2017. As CMS rolls out the “SNF VBP Program,” SNFs nationwide may find themselves scrambling to protect 2% revenue.
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3. Horse
The value of a horse depends on his ability to perform
work.
Nutrition is one of the most important aspects of overall
development and management of horses.
The biggest cost of keeping race-bred prospects and
racehorses is nutrition.
4. Digestive System
Non-ruminant (post gastric fermentation; hindgut fermenter).
Mono gastric with a functioning cecum.
The cecum with its large amount of microbial digestion is very
similar to the rumen.
The muscles of the esophagus (cardiac sphincter) are so strong
where they meet the stomach that vomiting or belching is
almost impossible for a horse.
7. Nutrients
Site of: Digestion Absorption
Water ------- Colon
Protein Stomach & SI SI
Lipid SI SI
CHO's
Simple SI SI
Complex
Starch SI SI
Structural LI LI
9. How to ensure that racehorses can perform
at optimum levels?
Trainers need to pay close attention to
Nutrition
Providing the appropriate amounts and forms of
• energy
• protein
• vitamins and minerals
for young prospects as well as for racehorses
in training.
10.
11. Race bred prospects
To produce and maintain a successful horse,
we must begin with
Proper feeding
Early development of young prospects
Two goals are to achieve
To promote early growth
Sound skeletal formation
12. Race bred prospects
If these goals are to be achieved:
Weanlings cannot be fed the same rations
as yearlings.
Long yearlings in training must be given
nutrient mixes that are different from those
fed to yearlings not being exercised.
15. Recommendations for weanlings
Weanlings and yearlings should not be fed identical rations.
To develop properly, race-bred weanlings must be given a
concentrate feed (14% CP) that provides at least 0.7% lysine.
Need at least 0.7% calcium and 0.5% phosphorus .
In feeds containing no more than 1.4 megacalories of DE/lb.
A well-formulated balanced feed almost always eliminates
the need for any supplements because the nutrient mix is
balanced.
16. Recommendations for yearlings
The digestive tract of a yearling can process
more roughage than that of a weanling.
Fed a concentrate with at least 14% CP
0.6% lysine
0.6% calcium &
0.4% phosphorus
In a feed that contains 7% or more fiber and not more
than 1.4 megacalories of DE/lb.
17.
18.
19.
20. Feeding Prior to Performance (or exercise)
To be, or not to be
It depends on what the horse will eat and how it will be exercised.
A grain meal, either with or without hay, fed two hours prior to an
exercise bout similar to the endurance and speed phase of a three-
day event decreased free fatty acid availability and plasma glucose
concentration.
Grain meals fed three hours prior to exercise also decreased plasma
glucose and free fatty acid concentrations, which serve as fuels for
the horse.
21. Feeding a grain meal two hours prior to exercise, and ad libitum hay,
resulted in decreased plasma volume and elevated body weights,
making the blood thicker and the horses heavier. This also could be a
detriment to peak performance.
Feeding hay alone did not decrease free fatty acid and glucose
availability; therefore, performance will not be limited by the
decreased fuels as seen with grain meals prior to exercise.
The hay alone may produce a decrease in plasma volume and
elevated body weights, similar to the grain meals.
However, feeding hay in small amounts may reduce the effects, and
the consequences of withholding hay to stalled horses (ulcers, vices)
may outweigh the effects.
22. Not only does a grain meal affect fuel availability, but it also may
affect heart rate. Higher heart rates during the first five minutes of
exercise were found in ponies that had consumed grain meals at 0.7%
of their body weight prior to exercise.
However, horses that were fed less than 0.5% of their body weight in
grain did not have higher heart rates during an exercise bout.
Higher heart rates at a given speed could have an undesirable effect
on performance, as the heart would be working at a faster rate than it
should.
Even though research results are inconclusive, the potential for
increased heart rate should be avoided by giving the horse forage only
(ad libitum or up to 1% of body weight) prior to competition.
23. If a competition starts early in the morning, it is best to give the
horse a last grain meal the previous evening.
If competition starts later in the day, the last grain meal should be
given early in the morning.
Forage may be provided throughout the day in small amounts;
however, if a grain meal is missed during the day, do not attempt to
“make it up” during the next feeding by offering twice the amount.
Offer the normal amount at the scheduled time.
24. Most of these recommendations are applicable for intense exercise of
longer duration, such as racing, polo, fox hunting and endurance
racing.
Most of the drawbacks to a grain meal prior to exercise.
Such as decreased fuel availability or increased heart rates, should
not adversely affect horses in low intensity or short duration exercise,
such as pleasure, equitation, or even short, timed events such as
barrel racing.
25. Fasting Before Competition?
If feeding grain and hay before exercise (especially in large quantities)
can be detrimental to exercise performance, some might think it
logical to conclude that complete withdrawal of food (fasting) is the
best strategy.
However, this is not the case--even short periods of fasting can result
in a marked decrease in liver glycogen stores.
Prolonged fasting before exercise can limit water intake and
compromise hydration. In general, horses should not be fasted more
than six hours before hard exercise.
26. Feeding After Performance
If the horse is exercising at high intensities, or for long durations, it is
imperative that it receives forage and grain (if needed) after a bout of
exercise, particularly if it is competing for multiple days.
Concentrates should be fed two hours after intense exercise.
Feeding forage and grain following an intense or long duration bout of
exercise is essential to restoring glycogen (stored carbohydrate) pools
in the liver and muscle.
27. Horses in race training
Training must have
Water
Adequate energy
Protein
Vitamins
Minerals
Overall feeding must be managed well.
30. Water
The water requirement of working horses is mainly related to
losses in sweat and via the respiratory tract.
At maintenance level horses need 4-5L water/100 kg BW/day.
The amount required increases proportionally with activity
and sweat production.
33. Energy
Racehorses often require twice as much energy (measured in
calories) as do non-working horses.
Must ensure that the racehorses’ diet provides enough energy to
complete the assigned work (Table).
A significant challenge in feeding a racehorse is to achieve and
maintain ideal body condition for training and racing.
34. Body Condition Score
Another feeding strategy for peak performance is the maintenance
(or achievement) of the optimal body condition score.
To answer this, use the Henneke body condition scale, which runs
from 1 to 9, with a score of 1 assigned to a very thin horse and a score
of 9 assigned to a very obese horse.
A score of 5 would represent a horse whose ribs are not seen, but
easily felt. A score of 5 is optimal for most disciplines.
Ideally, adjust the horse’s ration so that it achieves and maintains a
body condition score of approximately 5.
35. One way to reach a desired body condition score is to adjust the
concentrate amount by 20% for each score away from the target
score.
For example, if a horse is a score of 6, and we would like it to be at a
5, we would lower its concentrate intake by 20%.
On the other hand, if it was a 3, and we would like it to be at a 5, we
would increase his concentrate by 40%.
This is assuming its exercise regime stays the same.
36. Henneke Body Condition Scoring Scale
Condition Neck Withers Shoulder Ribs Loin Tailhead
1
Poor
Bone structure
easily noticeable
Bone structure
easily noticeable
Bone structure
easily noticeable
Ribs protruding
prominently
Spinous
processes
projecting
prominently
Tailhead,
pinbones and
hook bones
projecting
prominently
2
Very Thin
Bone structure
faintly
discernable
Bone structure
faintly
discernable
Bone structure
faintly
discernable
Ribs prominent Slight fat
covering over
base of spinous
processes.
Transverse
processes of
lumbar
vertebrae feel
rounded.
Tailhead
prominent
3
Thin
Neck
accentuated
Withers
accentuated
Shoulder
accentuated
Slight fat over
ribs. Ribs easily
discernible.
Fat buildup
halfway on
spinous
processes, but
easily
discernible
Hook bones
appear rounded,
but are still
easily
discernible.
37. Henneke Body Condition Scoring Scale
Condition Neck Withers Shoulder Ribs Loin Tailhead
4
Moderately Thin
Neck not
obviously thin
Withers not
obviously thin
Shoulder not
obviously thin
Faint outline of
ribs discernible
Negative crease
(peaked
appearance)
along back
Prominence
depends on
conformation.
Fat can be felt.
Hook bones not
discernible.
5
Moderate
(Ideal)
Neck blends
smoothly into
body
Withers
rounded over
spinous
processes
Shoulder blends
smoothly into
body
Ribs cannot be
visually
distinguished,
but can be easily
felt.
Back is level Fat around
tailhead
beginning to
feel soft
6
Moderately
fleshy
Fat beginning to
be deposited
Fat beginning to
be deposited
Fat beginning to
be deposited
Fat over ribs
feels spongy
May have a
slight positive
crease (a groove
down back)
Fat around
tailhead soft
38. Henneke Body Condition Scoring Scale
Condition Neck Withers Shoulder Ribs Loin Tailhead
7
Fleshy
Fat deposited
along neck
Fat deposited
along withers
Fat deposited
behind shoulder
Individual ribs
can be felt with
pressure, but
noticeable fat
filling between
ribs.
May have a
positive crease
down the back
Fat around
tailhead soft
8
Fat
Noticeable
thickening of
neck
Area along
withers filled
with fat
Area behind
shoulder filled in
flush with body
Difficult to feel
ribs
Positive crease
down back
Fat around
tailhead soft
9
Extremely Fat
Bulging fat Bulging fat Bulging fat Patchy fat
appearing over
ribs
Obvious crease
down the back
Bulging fat
around tailhead
39.
40. Energy
System of anaerobic energy metabolism
A racehorse must perform both aerobic and
anaerobic work
Aerobic work
Anaerobic work
In a race, a horse performs mostly anaerobic
work using carbohydrates, but a combination of
carbohydrates and fatty acids in the diet can help
a horse work harder and delay fatigue.
41. Energy
Depending on the level of activity and the energy concentration of
the diet, a horse will take in forage and concentrate in amounts
ranging from 2.0 to 3.0% of its body weight daily.
Race horses performing at intense level have high energy
requirements so they require grain-based concentrates and large
amount of highly digestible starch.
42. Energy
We can incorporate fat or oil into a grain mix
and increase it to 10% of the concentrate
without negatively affecting dry matter or fiber
digestibility.
To achieve maximum performance in
racehorses, feed them a fat-supplemented,
high carbohydrate diet…not a high-fat, high-
fiber diet
Feeding some fat to racehorses helps protect
them from fatigue even when their body
condition is reduced.
43. Energy
When feeding a fat-supplemented diet, consider several factors:
Horses need time to become adopted
Decrease total feed intake
If we plan to top-dress fat or vegetable oil on the feed, begin with a
small amount and increase it gradually
48. Protein
Overfeed protein because of misconception.
They do require a small increase in protein in the diet
for optimum production and work performance.
It is important to have a balance of amino acids in the
diet.
We should consider protein intake in relation to energy
intake.
49. Protein
For mature racehorses it is enough to provide
average-quality grass hay (7 to 8% CP)
12% CP grain or concentrate mix
However, a higher percentage of crude protein may be
warranted in two situations:
1. When hay quality is suspect
2. When supplemental fat is being top-dressed onto the
concentrate.
It is useless to feed high-protein feeds to mature racehorses.
51. Vitamins
If a horse’s diet is well balanced and contains enough vitamins to
meet its needs, then supplementation is not required.
Vitamin A
In an athlete, vitamin A helps maintain normal eating behavior
and respiratory health.
Vitamin A is usually added at about 1,500 to 2,000 (IUs) /lb.
feed.
52. Vitamins
Vitamin D:
Normal exposure to sunlight
Fed sun-dried hay
Enough vitamin D for calcium homeostasis and mineral absorption
Horse require no more than 10% of the concentration of vitamin
A, 150 to 200 (IUs) /lb. feed.
53. Vitamins
Vitamin E:
Role in reducing tissue damage and as an antioxidant.
Vitamin E is need at least 45 IU/lb. feed.
Vitamin K:
No dietary requirement for it
Because adequate amounts are produced in the hindgut.
Although vitamin K added to treat or prevent exercise-
induced pulmonary haemorrhage (bleeders)
54. Vitamins
B- Vitamins:
Exercising horses may need supplemental vitamin B1 (thiamin)
beyond what they would normally synthesize in the intestine.
Track sour: Loss of appetite is one symptom of a thiamin
deficiency.
Biotin, is often added to enhance hoof growth & strength.
Biotin supplementation reduces the incidence and severity of
hoof wall defects, increases hoof wall integrity.
15 mg of biotin a day or about 1.5 ppm in the diet.
57. Minerals
Race-horses require a balanced supply of minerals for;
maintenance of skeletal tissue
muscle contraction
energy transfer
The total diet of horses being trained or raced should always
contain at least as much calcium as phosphorus.
Diets (like cereal grains) with inverted ratios (more phosphorus
than calcium).
58. Minerals
Ca and P needs of juvenile horses in training appear to be
increased by 30 to 35%, and Mg requirements increased by 80
to 100%.
2 year-old horse requires
130 mg/kg/day of Ca
70 mg/kg/day of P
40 mg/kg/day of Mg
Juvenile horses in training (Dietary conc.)
Ca of 0.60 %
P about 0.35%
Mg 0.2%.
59. Lose significant amounts of electrolytes —sodium, chloride and
potassium — in the sweat.
The majority of these increased requirements can be satisfied by
balanced diet.
Horses that work hard and sweat profusely will still need about
3 ounces (90 grams) of supplemental salt per day in addition.
A total of about 1 percent of the horse’s daily ration.
The potassium requirement for heavily exercised horses is 1.2%
of the total diet.
60.
61.
62.
63. Pre-Exercise Feeding Strategies
Racehorses
Gut fill is a prime concern when feeding the racehorse.
Reducing hay intake to 1% of body weight for a three-day period
before a race effectively will reduce body weight without causing
digestive disturbances.
Timing of grain feeding is not as critical for racehorses as other
competitive horses, but pre-exercise grain meals should be small in
size (0.5-1 kg) and fed no later than four hours before a race.
64. Three-day event horses
As the speed and endurance test normally commences early in the
day, morning grain feeding is not recommended--high pre-exercise
insulin and glucose might limit fat oxidation and increase reliance on
carbohydrates for energy.
On the other hand, feeding the horse a high glycemic meal (grain) or
administering glucose after completion of Phase D might help to
restore muscle glycogen more quickly.
More rapid replenishment of muscle glycogen stores can be beneficial
to performance during stadium jumping the following day.
65. Endurance horses
Forage intake should be high because of the associated increase in
size of the water and electrolyte reservoir in the hindgut.
However, as with other disciplines, large hay meals should not be fed
within four hours of the start of a ride.
Similarly, grain meals should be fed four to six hours before
competition. A high glycemic meal the night before a race is
warranted to "top up" liver glycogen stores.
66. Unless the horse is used to receiving the "hyglycemic" grain, there
may be a danger of early exercise tie up, especially if training has
been reduced and the horse has not been warmed up adequately.
The best rations are "complete" feeds based on beet pulp or other
readily fermentable roughage source.
High-quality forage such as alfalfa should be offered at rest
stops/check points.
Feeding small grain meals (~1 kg) immediately before exercise or at
rest stops might be beneficial--this practice will not disrupt fat
utilization and could supply carbohydrates during exercise.
67. Many top competitors feed a beet pulp or bran-based slurry at rest
stops.
Many horses will not consume 1 kg of regular grain at such stops but
will eat the slurries (carrots and apple included) to increase water
intake in addition to boosting energy.
68. Strategic Nutrition
The simplest part of the ration is the hay. One must don’t count on
much nutritional input from forage.
Prefer nice soft (2nd or 3rd cutting) grass hay, free choice.
You can go crazy trying to match the nutrient values of rich green hay,
like alfalfa, with the grain ration.
Each shipment of hay is going to be different and you can spend lots
of money getting hay analyzed, particularly if it contains clover or
other components. Best to stick with plain grass hay, and center your
nutritional strategy around the concentrate.
69. Hay intake should be about 50% of the total feed intake. This keeps
the gut and gut flora happy.
The reason you want to avoid first cut hay is that the stems are too
sharp and tough—they can poke holes in the gut lining.
You have to watch out for spring pasture, too—very rich and
sometimes dangerously rich. You’re not looking for richness in forage
because there is really not way to control the precise qualities of the
hay from day to day and month to month—certainly not like you can
with the concentrate.
70. What do you want to get into the athletic
horse? Something like this:
Crude Protein Min. 14%
Lysine Min 0.71%
Crude Fat Max 4%
Calcium Min 0,8% Max 1.30%
Phosphorus Min .78%
Salt (NaCl) Min .30% Max 0.80%
Sodium Min 0.20% Max 0.40%
71. Copper Min 58 ppm
Manganese Min 38 ppm
Selenium Min 0.3 ppm
Zinc Min 85 ppm
Vitamin A Min 2,460 IU/lb
Vitamin D3 Min 970 IU/lb
Vitamin E Min 145 IU/lb
Biotin Min 2.6 mcg/lb
72. In a feed with this nutritional configuration, typical
ingredients used in building the product would
include:
Cracked corn, cane molasses, oats, soybean meal, wheat middling's,
salt, yeast culture, di calcium phosphate, choline chloride, Vitamin E
supplement, Calcium carbonate, Ferrous sulphide, Copper sulphide,
zinc oxide, manganous oxide, corn oil, niacin supplement, sodium
selinate, d-calcium pantothenate, vitamin D3 supplement, Vitamin A
supplement, thiamine mononitrate, d-biotin, riboflavin supplement„
folic acid, vitamin B12 supplement, ethylendiamine dihydroicoxide,
cobalt carbonate and lignin sulforate.
78. Summary
Nutrition can play a key role in achieving peak performance. Fat
supplementation may increase the time to fatigue, reduce the
amount of carbohydrates needed and help horses get a beautiful,
shiny coat that sparkles under arena lights!
Timing of feeding is also crucial to performance since grain meals fed
too close to performance can lower necessary fuels and possibly
increase heart rates. We must always strive to keep our horses in
prime condition.
Perfecting our feeding strategies will help us maximize our training
and conditioning programs and keep our horses in peak physical
condition.
79. Summary
Adjustments
Ration formulation
Feeding management
Training regimens for racehorses offer the best opportunity to
improve athletic performance
delay fatigue
reduce injuries to the high performance horse
82. Reference
The Equine manual 2nd Edition
Feeding Race Prospects & Racehorses in Training by P. G. Gibbs, G. D.
Potter and B. D. Scott
http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/management_and_nutrition
/nutrition_horses/nutritional_requirements_of_horses.html
http://www.thehorse.com/articles/10168/pre-exercise-feeding
http://extension.uga.edu/publications/detail.cfm?number=B1365#Pri
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