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I'll try this one last time and then give up. Horses need a considerable amount of fiber (roughage) in their diet, or their digestive systems shut down, ok? Everything else a horse needs -- protien, vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, etcetera -- can be provided by grain, pellets, cubes...

Quote: That's great, seedcorn, but it has nothing to do with whether sometimes straw can be okay or useful as part of a balanced diet for some horses. Pat

Interestingly, I was at a seminar yesterday that included a talk by Dr Bob Wright, a veterinarian with the U of Guelph and he also writes most of the information sheets for OMAFRA (the province's agriculture ministry, functions in many respects like an extension service does in the u.s.) He...

Quote: The straw is not for 'nutrition' as it's generally meant. Protein, vitamin, mineral and sufficient-calorie sources have to be provided by other stuff, generally grain and other concentrates. The point of feeding straw when times are tough is that you can always get grain etc BUT horses...

Here is an excerpt from an Alberta Agriculture info sheet on hay alternatives 8. Straw Straw can be used to replace all of the hay if the diet is properly supplemented with extra protein and minerals: for example, free-choice straw supplemented with 5 to 7 pounds (2.2 to 3.2 kg) of a 16 per...

You can feed straw as additional roughage to those horses that will eat it. It used to be one of the ways of feeding a foundered horse. However straw will not supply all that much in the way of protein, vitamins or minerals, and requires CAREFUL ration balancing with grain or other concentrates...