> Jacqueline v d Berg schreef op maandag 29 oktober 2007, 13:07:
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>> Frans Veldman schreef op zaterdag 27 oktober 2007, 16:54:

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> dat heb ik ook altijd geleerd en gehoord. Dat het nu louter
> buikvulling is. of het echt klopt weet ik niet. Wat wel zo is,
> ons paard krijgt in het najaar geen koliek!

>There are many problems associated with feeding too much grain. Certainly an obvious problem would be founder. Everyone knows to keep the feed room locked and to change our horses diets slowly but I personally think grains in general cause many problems when just fed on a daily basis. ESPECIALLY if these grains are corn or grains with molasses. Corn has the same glycemic index as sugar: That means a tablespoon of corn essentially is the same as a tablespoon of sugar and obviously molasses is sugar. When a horse gets the first “GRAIN meal” of the day the blood sugar goes rapidly high. What goes up comes down. When the blood sugar crashes the horse's body literally thinks it is “starving to death” so it does all it can to get the blood sugar back up. The pancreas kicks in, the adrenals too because they are stressed majorly and up goes the sugar again. Day after day, up and down over and over the adrenals are eventually worn out and so is the thyroid. Their basic body reserves are depleted just by living. When a horse is on the edge like this any outside stress can create a major problem. The weak links in a horse are generally the feet or the gut - So when they are further stressed thus they founder or colic. If you have been around horses at all I know you have heard of some that coliced or foundered when nothing was changed. THIS is often why!