You need to be careful when you add fat to your feed. Whenever you add something to your feed you lose something else. By topdressing your feed with fat you lose calcium, copper, zinc, etc.

Also, studies have shown that feed with a fat content higher than 12% would have advers affects on a horses perfromance. 8%-10% has shown to have the greatest affect on glycogen storage and perfromance.

Our feed is a 10% fat feed, but we are always analyzing and testing our rations because when you add that much fat you lose so many other nutrients.

If I were you I would just purchase the 8% fat feed you are looking at and leave it at that. You can really cause more harm than good when adding fat.

I hope all that made sense.

Sharp, once again thank you for sharing your knowledge.  I'm still going to send that form to you.  I have it right here on my desk LOL, geesh I am slow.  I want you to know that I did talk to my feedstore and got my grain mix to what I feel is a little more balanced.  Thank you for making me aware of my deficiencies.  Although I see your point about the fat and adding it, I am still curious if anyone is feeding the Natural Glow Pellets and what it is doing for them.

I feed RBO from Mcclaughleys.

It doesn't upset the mineral balance as it is naturally Vitamin E and gamma orzonal...

I know my spelling sucks. LOL
But anyways I feed 1.5 cups to the hard keeper and about 1/3 cup to the easy keeper.

No hurry on the form. I think that you will really like the program. As far as using the Natural Glow Pellets, you would probably be OK. I have not looked at the analysis of them, but I am going to assume that the fat in them has been balanced with the correct amount of vitamins and minerals. I would just be aware of what you are feeding. Hope you are having a good day!

burn3wi,

You made me blush. Anyway, I went to school at Oklahoma State Univeristy and actually got my MS in dairy nutrition. Oklahoma does not have much to offer as far as equine nutrition goes. Although I am a member of the American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists and am required to maintain so many credit hours. I also co-own an equine feed manufacturing facility and I am a member of the American Feed Industry Assoc.  I received a majority of my equine nutrition education from Colorado State Univeristy. I have attended many equine nutrition seminars from there. I have also attended and have participated in some research studies at KER. If I were to suggest to someone that wanted to learn and study equine nutrition I would suggest Colorado State Univerity. The doctors and researchers there are very open minded and very adept to the performance and the growing horse. I hope I haven't made this too long and I hope that I answered your question!

Originally written by Bellestar on 2004-04-15 4:20 PM

Sharp and I both went to Oklahoma State University. I got a degree in Aminal Science/ Food Science. I think Sharp was Animal Science/Nutrition. I would highly recommend this school. Learned lots and had tons of fun along the way. Tell her to watch out for the bars on the strip. Sharp also has her own feed business. she is very good with this stuff.

Can't wait for Tunica either! If you want to have fun, just hang out with me and a friend of mine. Will you be able to go Thursday night?

I am always on the look

out for some high in fat-

Martindale feed names a 9%

acco makes several also not sure of the fat content but its pretty high- thats all I buy

<---- Me at Tunica!

I like 10% fat, my horses seem to have a blood level just near boiling when it comes to running, so I try to not add much.  I have been using the PURINA Horsemans edge, 12%p 10% fat.  Doesn't seem to upset the brain vs "flight" syndrome.  But it is high priced @ 8.49/bag