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yasmine
True Blue Farmgirl
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yasmine
wappingers falls
ny
USA
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 Posted - Sep 05 2008 : 06:16:22 AM
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anyone use it for their horse?
Ill take any feedback |
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Tracey
True Blue Farmgirl
766 Posts
Tracey
State of Confusion
USA
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Posted - Sep 07 2008 : 11:51:22 AM
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Coconut oil is great if you can get it at a decent price. It's got a higher fat content than most other oils you're going to find.
Something else to consider are Black Oil Sunflower Seeds, often seen listed as BOSS. Great source of fiber and fat 
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Posted - Sep 07 2008 : 12:12:27 PM
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I have been seeing adds for supplements that feature Coconut oil. I would assume that it would be good, especially for horses that aren't getting much fat in their diets.
Alee
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
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Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
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goneriding
True Blue Farmgirl
1599 Posts
Winona
Central Oregon
USA
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Posted - Sep 08 2008 : 6:56:05 PM
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Be careful of oils for older horses. Just recently, there has been some research that oils can block certain vitamins from being absorbed. I'm going to say the B vitamins and maybe K, just can't remember. I'll see if I can find it again. Check thoroughly before feeding.
Winona :-)
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goneriding
True Blue Farmgirl
1599 Posts
Winona
Central Oregon
USA
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Posted - Sep 08 2008 : 7:48:52 PM
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Okay, I found my friend who is a fiend about her horses' feeds and she posted this on a horse site. I don't know where she found it.
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We have probably all done this one! Fact is, though, horses do not have gall bladders and so oil is absorbed through the lacteal ducts. When oil is present, these fat soluble vitamin receptor sites are blocked and so absorption of vitamins A, D, E and K is inhibited. Vitamins A and D are important in calcium metabolism, so one would definitely not want to feed oils to broodmares, or growing horses, or horses in strenuous athletic endeavor, or older arthritic horses. Doesn't leave many horses that can have oil, does it? Vitamin E is a major antioxidant, important to the absorption of selenium and to immune function, and vitamin K is necessary for proper blood clotting. According to Nutrition News, polyunsaturated oils such as corn oil fed in large amounts can disrupt the immune system, and now you know why.
Naturopathic doctors also consider corn oil to be a cause of inflammation in joints. So why do we see so much corn oil at the race tracks...... hmmmm. Check feed labels for oils added, very common in senior rations and high performance feeds, and in supplements like rice bran. And often other companies add fat in the form of animal fat now there's a great idea for an herbivore! It goes without saying that animal fat is nearly always preserved with ethoxyquin, BHA or BHT, more reasons to read labels. I even recently checked, at a client's request, a feed label that included mineral oil as a "fat" source. (Mineral oil is a petroleum product, FYI).
Also if you pick up this month's "Equine Wellness" magazine (you can get it at Tractor Supply) it talks about oil causing inflammation of the joints. Lots of oil is often rancid by the time it reaches the shelves.
Oil that has proven not to cause any of the above effects is Cocosoya oil: http://www.cocosoya.com/
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yasmine
True Blue Farmgirl
173 Posts
yasmine
wappingers falls
ny
USA
173 Posts |
Posted - Sep 27 2008 : 7:54:09 PM
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She is 13 yo
And she is very active!!!
Still playing around in her paddock!
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Chives
True Blue Farmgirl
232 Posts
Victoria
Shelton
Washington
USA
232 Posts |
Posted - Sep 28 2008 : 11:12:06 AM
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| Horses are to use vegetable oil not corn oil. They can't absorb the corn oil that well and its not really good for them according to my vet. vicki |
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Tracey
True Blue Farmgirl
766 Posts
Tracey
State of Confusion
USA
766 Posts |
Posted - Sep 28 2008 : 9:38:07 PM
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Last time I checked, corn was a vegetable 
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Oil that has proven not to cause any of the above effects is Cocosoya oil: http://www.cocosoya.com/
Cocosoya is higher in soy than coconut. Not sure what the percentages are, but the name is a bit misleading when they list coconut first in the name. Coconut is higher in fats.
Something else that is good to try is BOSS, aka black oil sunflower seeds. Not the striped ones, but the solid black. High in both fiber and fat. Just a handful added to grain or alone (I soak in mine with my beep pulp.)
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TabithaLenox
True Blue Farmgirl
605 Posts
Kim
Gettysburg
PA
USA
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Posted - Sep 30 2008 : 2:45:12 PM
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Jasmine, instead of adding oil to her diet, you may want to consider cutting out the grain and supplements? Sounds to me like she is getting too many calories/energy already. 14 isn't old for a horse!
Kim
Farmgirl #184
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