Description
Fiber Ezy is a moist, highly digestible blend of forage fibres comprising lucerne and the equine specialty grass timothy. Timothy grass is high in dietary fibre, low in soluble carbohydrates and is known to facilitate better digestion, gut function and overall digestive health in horses.
Fiber Ezy is a well-balanced multi-forage fibre providing good levels of digestible energy, protein and essential amino acids. It is recommended when increased fibre feeding or a consistent slow-release energy source are the objectives and when cool, slow-release energy is required.
Fiber Ezy can be fed alongside or substituted for fresh pasture/hay feeding or mixed with hard feeds as a high-quality forage fibre source. Fiber Ezy is ideal as the primary forage feed to aid in the management of metabolic and digestive health in horses. It is a common-sense fibre choice for a calm and steady performance or for horses sensitive or prone to laminitis, or other sugar and starch-sensitive conditions. Fiber Ezy is completely safe as a consistent base forage and is suitable for all horses.
A versatile, slow-release energy fibre suitable for all horses.
- Fresh cut lucerne and equine specialty grass – timothy
- Unique blend of high nutritional fibre
- Moderate protein and energy
- Very low in starch and sugar.
Fiber Ezy Feeding Recommendation
When introducing Fiber Ezy to the diet increase daily amounts by 0.5kg increments until the required feeding amount is reached as per our recommended feeding rates.
We recommend roughly 0.5kg of Fiber Fresh per 100kg of horse
When extra energy is required increase the amount of Fiber Ezy first. If even more energy is needed in the form of hard feed or grain, only feed up to half the weight of Fiber Ezy in the diet, creating a healthy 2:1 ratio mix; e.g. 2kg FiberEzy and 1kg hard feed in the feed bin per feed.
This ratio is ideal for buffering the stomach against excessive acidity caused by grain. It increases saliva production, slows intake and increases digestion and metabolism of both the grain and fibre portion, and maintains healthy gut function and hydration.
Feeding FiberEzy at the correct ratio increases the digestibility of concentrates by 20-30%, therefore the daily amount of concentrates/hard feed can be reduced. How much to reduce this by will depend on the individual horse and can be reviewed by regular body condition scoring and weighing. Most sport/race horses do best on 4-6kg of FiberEzy per day in addition to added energy such as grains/concentrate feeds, and fat/oil.
Horse Weight | Per Feed Fiber Fresh Weight Recommended | Total Daily Fiber Fresh Weight Recommended |
200kg | 1kg | 2kg |
300kg | 1,5kg | 3kg |
400kg | 2kg | 4kg |
500kg | 2.5kg | 5kg |
600kg | 3kg | 6kg |
700kg | 3.5kg | 7kg |
800kg | 4kg | 8kg |
Typical Analysis (Dry Matter Basis)
Nutritional Juices (as fed) | 55.0% |
Crude Protein | 17.2% |
Acid Detergent Fibre (ADF) | 33.1% |
Neutral Detergent Fibre (NDF) | 46.2% |
Ash | 9.1% |
Soluble Sugars & Starch | <4.5% |
Crude Fat | 2.7% |
Vitamin E | 32mg/kg |
Lysine | 7.6g/kg |
Methionine | 2.7g/kg |
Biotin | 7.3μg/100g |
Phosphorus | 0.22% |
Potassium | 2.15% |
Sulphur | 0.31% |
Calcium | 1.53% |
Magnesium | 0.18% |
Sodium | 0.03% |
Iron | 136mg/kg |
Zinc | 26mg/kg |
Copper | 8.0mg/kg |
Selenium | <0.02mg/kg |
Chloride | 0.77% |
Digestible Energy (DE) | MJ/kg 9.9 |