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Soaked unmolassed sugar beet pulp as a partial forage replacer in equine diets when ponies are offered grass hay ad libitum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

J. J. Hyslop  and
D. Cuddeford
J. J. Hyslop
Affiliation:
University of Edinburgh, Dept of Vet Clinical Studies, Easter Bush, Roslin, Midlothian EH25 9RG, UK
D. Cuddeford
Affiliation:
University of Edinburgh, Dept of Vet Clinical Studies, Easter Bush, Roslin, Midlothian EH25 9RG, UK
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There is increased interest in using sugar beet pulp (SBP) products as forage replacers in equine diets. Previous work (Hyslop et al 1998) has indicated that SBP products may suppress voluntary feed intake (VFI) in ponies when they are the major fibre source at between 550-700 g/kg total diet dry matter (DM). This study examines VFI and apparent digestibility in vivo where soaked unmolassed sugar beet pulp (USBP) was offered as a partial forage replacement to ponies receiving ad libitum grass hay.

Four mature Welsh-cross pony geldings (280 kg LW s.e. 6.6) were individually housed and offered 0.86 kg/d of micronised barley (MB) and given ad libitum access to grass hay (HAY). In addition, ponies were offered either 0, 1, 2, or 3 kg/d USBP (U0, U1, U2 and U3 respectively) according to a 4 x 4 latin square changeover experimental design.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 1999 , 1999 , pp. 140
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 1999

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Hyslop, J. J., Tomlinson, A. L., Bayley, A and Cuddeford, D. (1998). Ad libitum sugar beet pulp as the major fibre source in equine diets when ponies are offered a restricted amount of mature grass hay. Proceedings BSAS winter meeting, BSAS, PO BOX 3, Penicuik, Midlothian, EH26 0RZ, UK.Google Scholar