Description
Dunstan Betabeet is a natural feed produced during the extraction of sugar from the root crop sugar beet.
Betabeet provides a rich balance of energy sources for horses and ponies. It is high in digestible fibre, which under bacterial digestion in the horses hind gut slowly releases energy, providing a good energy source, whilst keeping the digestive tract in a healthy condition. It can also be used as a partial forage replacer.
The combination of sugars and digestibke fibre provides a slower release of energy than from cereal sources, ensuring a more constant energy supply to meet the horses requirement without the ‘heating’ effect sometimes associated with grain feeding.
Useful for horses and ponies prone to tying-up or laminitis.
Betabeet is high in calcium, making it an ideal complement to oats and bran, helping to balance the diet.
It is very palatable and horses enjoy this highly digestible ‘superfibre’.
| Calculated Specifications (per kg as fed) | |
| DE MJ/Kg 12.0 | |
| Sugar | 5.0% |
| Fibre | 16.0% |
| Protein | 10.0% |
| Calcium | 0.65% |
| Phosphate | 0.07% |
| Generally, Betabeet flakes are ideal to replace one quarter of a horses normal daily ration of cereals or other concentrate. | |
| Height In Hands | Body Weight (Kg) | Total dry weight (kg)* of Concentrates including Betabeet by Work type | Dry Weight Betabeet (Kg) |
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| Light to Moderate | Moderate to Hard | Hard | |||
| 11 | 120-260 | 1.5-2.0 | – | – | 0.2-0.5 |
| 12 | 230-290 | 2.0-2.5 | 2.5-3.0 | – | 0.2-0.8 |
| 13 | 290-350 | 2.5-3.0 | 3.5-4.0 | – | 0.2-1.3 |
| 14/15 | 350-520 | 3.5-4.5 | 4.5-6.0 | 5.5-8.0 | 0.5-2.0 |
| 16/17 | 520-725 | 5.0-6.5 | 6.5-8.0 | 8.0-10.0 | 1.0-3.0 |
NOTE: Always ensure Dunstan Betabeet is fully soaked prior to feeding.
FEEDING RECOMMENDATIONS:
Easy to use. The only preparation required is the soaking of Dunstan Betabeet in 5 parts water to 1 part Betabeet flakes (200 grams of dry betabeet requires 1 litre of water to soak).
Dunstan Betabeet is fully soaked in 10 minutes. Warm water ensures faster soaking.
