The majority of the feeds in the REVERDY feed range are complementary to forage. They are mixtures of raw ingredients, vitamins and minerals whose first objective is to provide the essential nutriments that are lacking in forage, thus meeting the individual nutritional requirements of different productions (muscular efforts, growth, lactation etc.).
Consequently, except for a few individual cases, the aim of Reverdy feeds is not to supply fibres because they are already present in forage.
Horses have evolved for millions of years on vast grassy plains. Their digestive system has evolved by being in contact with this environment. A microbial flora has been progressively constituted, which allows them to use a high fibre diet. Over time horses have conserved this ability to digest important quantities of forage to cover their nutritional needs. Nowadays the feeding of high levels of cereals and complements with the aim of optimising growth and performance has too often led us to forget the importance of forage in the horses’ diet.
ABOUT REVERDY NATURAL FIBRES
This is an extremely high quality product composed from additive free, dehydrated, chopped, and compacted grass. Not only practical, this presentation allows fibres to be added to the concentrate feed. This practice is of interest at several levels:
- To start with, consuming hay at the same time as the concentrate ration will have a positive effect, notably on starch digestibilityproviding the quantity of hay consumed stays moderate (less than 400 g dry matter per 100 kg live-weight per feed). This valorisation of the concentrate ration is improved when the hay is given chopped rather than in long strands.
- Next, adding fibres to the ration slows ingestion by lengthening chewing time and increasing at the same time saliva production, a natural buffer for gastric acidity. Consequently adding 1 to 2 handfuls of REVERDY NATURAL FIBRES is judicious in horses that eat quickly and/or suffer from gastric ulcers.
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