Hay Quality for Horses
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- Опубликовано: 8 дек 2015
- Hay quality is directly tied to horse health as hay makes up the bulk of a horse’s diet. Learn which factors can impact hay quality and nutrient content.
In this video, Dr. Katie Young, Equine Nutritionist with Purina, discusses how the nutrient content in hay can be affected by maturity at time of harvest, plant species, fertilization, climate conditions, storage conditions, and age and why high-quality hay allows horses to more easily digest and absorb the nutrients contained in the hay.
Timestamps:
0:56 - Maturity at time of harvest
1:30 - Plant species
2:12 - Fertilization
2:19 - Climate conditions
2:37 - Storage conditions and age (time since cutting)
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Would give a millón likes if i could, best informational video on hay and nutrition I've ever seen.
Great job and thankyou
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This is an old video... too bad more people don't have your knowledge. I am in Texas and see a lot of stemy and dry hay...we get lots or rain then it gets hot as blazes and by the time we cut, rake, row and bale it, the hay is older and dry. the horses, of course, will eat it but we end up with cases of colic and find ourselves twitching the horses in the middle of the night to get them regular....dangerous stuff. A lot of ranchers don't know that cow quality hay is not necessarily okay for horses. So we end up paying more for coastal hay and alfalfa, and having it shipped in...gets pretty expensive and I have found that I still have to augment with grain or the horses drop weight.
Is the first cut of hay good for horses? It's super leafy smells amazing and is soft