Complementary feed for horses. FIBRE MASH is the alternative to classic bran mashes, the ideal easy digestible feed for horses and ponies after intensive work. Traditionally, mashes were made from wheat bran and were fed irregularly, often just once a week. It was mistakenly believed that this helped to prevent digestive upsets. In fact, the laxative effect of bran mashes may be a result of mild digestive upset, caused by the abrupt change in diet.
Similarly, the long-held belief that bran mashes helped to warm a horse is untrue; far more body heat will be generated by the fermentation of forage in the hindgut. The problem with feeding bran alone is compounded by the fact that bran is very low in calcium and essential amino acids such as lysine.
Nowadays, nutritionists rarely recommend feeding bran mashes – so what is the alternative? FIBRE MASH is an innovative, quick-soaking, nutritionally balanced mash and is ideal when either hydration is an issue or when feeding succulent/wet feed is desirable, e.g. when stabled on dry forage in winter.
We know that forage alone will not provide a fully balanced diet and this can contribute to problems such as reduced immune function and poor hoof quality. FIBRE MASH has been formulated to provide your horse with optimal levels of all the essential vitamins and minerals and, when fed daily, will help to keep your horse in tip-top health this winter.
In winter, our horse’s diets tend to become much drier; preserved forages (i.e. hay/haylage) contain significantly less water compared to fresh grass. This combined with the fact that our horses can drink as much as 12% less water during chilly days can contribute to problems including reduced performance, increased risk of digestive upset and diminished appetite. A soaked mash will help to add water back into your horse’s diet and moreover they have been proven to help improve overall water intake, compared to feeding a dry concentrate feed. This becomes very important if your horse has to be confined to his stable, perhaps in atrocious weather.
Fussy feeders find FIBRE MASH simply irresistible! Rich in calories and essential amino acids, it helps weight gain and helps to promote top-line. The linseed oil helps to encourage a shiny coat, whilst the alfalfa stems help to maximize digestive efficiency.
FIBRE MASH is also a godsend for horses that have difficulty swallowing or chewing, including veterans with dental problems or horses prone to choke. It is ideal for disguising unpalatable medicine or powdered supplements.
Remember never to use water hotter than lukewarm or you will destroy all those helpful vitamins inside FIBRE MASH.
FIBRE MASH is:
- FREE FROM SOY: Soy used in animal feed as protein source contains mainly GMO soy. We want our FIBRE MASH free from GMO, so no soy!
- FREE FROM ARTIFICIAL COLOURANTS.
- FREE FROM ANY ARTIFICIAL AROMA: What you and your horse smell is purely natural.
COMPOSITION:
corn flakes, barley flakes, pea flakes, alfalfa pellets, beet molasses, apple marc, carrot flakes, linseed oil, alfalfa stems, magnesium, herbs mixture (basil, mint leaves, sweet marjoram, thyme), fenugreek.
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| CORN FLAKES |
BARLEY FLAKES |
PEA FLAKES |
ALFALFA PELLETS |
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| APPLE MARC |
CARROT FLAKES |
VITAMIN PELLETS |
FENUGREEK |
ANALYTICAL CONSTITUANTS:
crude protein 10,5%,
crude fat 5,0%,
crude fibre 6,5%
crude ash 4,5%,
starch including sugars 47%,
calcium 0,7%,
phosphorus 0,4%,
magnesium 0,5%,
sodium 0,15%.
ADDITIVES/kg:
Nutritional additives:
3a672a Vitamin A 10150 IU,
3a671 Vitamin D3 2000 IU,
3a700 Vitamin E (all-rac-alpha-tocopheryl acetate) 110 mg,
3a880 Biotin 1016 µg, 3a890 Choline chloride 366 mg.
Trace elements:
3b103 Iron (Iron(II) sulphate monohydrate) 70 mg,
3b202 Iodine (Calcium iodate anhydrous) 1.3 mg,
3b405 Copper (Copper(II) sulphate pentahydrate) 16 mg,
3b503 Manganese (Manganous sulphate monohydrate) 77 mg,
3b605 Zinc (Zinc sulphate monohydrate) 46 mg,
3b801 Selenium (Sodium selenite) 0.3 mg.
Technological additives:
E 310 Propyl gallate 2.08 mg.
