Harris, P. A. and Ellis, A. D. and Fradinho, M. J. and Jansson, Anna and Julliand, Veronique and Luthersson, N. and Santos, A. S. and Vervuert, I.
(2017).
Review: Feeding conserved forage to horses: recent advances and recommendations.
Animal. 11
:6
, 958-967
[Article Review/Survey]
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1751731116002469
Abstract
The horse is a non-ruminant herbivore adapted to eating plant-fibre or forage-based diets. Some horses are stabled for most or the majority of the day with limited or no access to fresh pasture and are fed preserved forage typically as hay or haylage and sometimes silage. This raises questions with respect to the quality and suitability of these preserved forages (considering production, nutritional content, digestibility as well as hygiene) and required quantities. Especially for performance horses, forage is often replaced with energy dense feedstuffs which can result in a reduction in the proportion of the diet that is forage based. This may adversely affect the health, welfare, behaviour and even performance of the horse. In the past 20 years a large body of research work has contributed to a better and deeper understanding of equine forage needs and the physiological and behavioural consequences if these are not met. Recent nutrient requirement systems have incorporated some, but not all, of this new knowledge into their recommendations. This review paper amalgamates recommendations based on the latest understanding in forage feeding for horses, defining forage types and preservation methods, hygienic quality, feed intake behaviour, typical nutrient composition, digestion and digestibility as well as health and performance implications. Based on this, consensual applied recommendations for feeding preserved forages are provided.
Authors/Creators: | Harris, P. A. and Ellis, A. D. and Fradinho, M. J. and Jansson, Anna and Julliand, Veronique and Luthersson, N. and Santos, A. S. and Vervuert, I. | ||||
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Title: | Review: Feeding conserved forage to horses: recent advances and recommendations | ||||
Series Name/Journal: | Animal | ||||
Year of publishing : | 2017 | ||||
Volume: | 11 | ||||
Number: | 6 | ||||
Page range: | 958-967 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 10 | ||||
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | ||||
ISSN: | 1751-732X | ||||
Language: | English | ||||
Publication Type: | Article Review/Survey | ||||
Refereed: | Yes | ||||
Article category: | Scientific peer reviewed | ||||
Version: | Accepted version | ||||
Full Text Status: | Public | ||||
Agris subject categories.: | L Animal production > L51 Animal physiology - Nutrition | ||||
Subjects: | (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 4 Agricultural Sciences > 402 Animal and Dairy Science > Animal and Dairy Science. | ||||
Keywords: | forage, health, hygiene, behaviour, requirements | ||||
URN:NBN: | urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-e-4360 | ||||
Permanent URL: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-e-4360 | ||||
Additional ID: |
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ID Code: | 14521 | ||||
Faculty: | VH - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science | ||||
Department: | (VH) > Dept. of Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry | ||||
Deposited By: | SLUpub Connector | ||||
Deposited On: | 18 Sep 2017 06:19 | ||||
Metadata Last Modified: | 18 Sep 2017 06:24 |
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