Standlee Premium Smart Beet Shreds - 25 lb

Premium Smart Beet Shreds are formed from dried sugar beet pulp. Beet pulp is the pulp that remains after sugar has been removed from the sugar beet. A high calorie, low protein, low sugar fiber source for horses.

Features

• Minimal waste, can be accurately weighed and measured
• High calorie
• Tend to soak water faster than pellets
• Minimal dust
• Easy to feed and store

Ingredients

Beet Pulp (dried), Concentrated separator by-product. Concentrated separator by-product or CSB is a secondary molasses produced during the separation of sugar from normal sugar beet molasses.

Guaranteed analysis

• Crude protein (min): 7.5%
• Crude fat (min): 0.5%
• Crude fiber (max): 21%

Feeding Tips

Standlee Smart Beet is a high calorie fiber source for horses. Beet pulp can be fed to mature horses at a rate of 0.05 to 0.2% of body weight/day depending on level of activity.

• Gradually introduce beet pulp into the diet during a 7-10 day period
• Beet pulp is a dehydrated product and is recommended to be soaked (completely submerged) in water for a minimum of 15 to 30 minutes prior to feeding, or until properly softened
• Never feed moldy or insect infested beet pulp to horses
• Always provide free-access to fresh, clean water
• Beet pulp should not be used as the sole source of nutrition, additional forages (i.e. hay cubes, pellets, chopped hay, and baled hay) must be fed to reach a total daily forage intake of 1.5 to 2.5% of body weight

Recommended For

Horses that are underweight, performance horses, senior horses, horses that are sensitive to carbohydrates and pregnant and lactating mares.

Specifications

• Size: 25 Lb