Nor do they damage the kidneys or liver. The horse will, in fact, use the added protein for energy and to rebuild damaged muscle. Some horses will not eat alfalfa pellets, at least not in high volumes. E. Another answer may be one of the lower carbohydrate commercial diets such as Purina Strategy, Nutrena Compete, Blue Seal Demand, Blue Seal Hunter, or Blue Seal Racer. With any of these commercial diets, add the same amount of vegetable oil as you would with alfalfa pellets.
Many products now utilize rice bran as a fat supplement and can work well when added to oil.
Rice bran also contains some starches, which means the total diet will have less calories from fat. Use rice bran only when abbsolutly necessary and try to add oil as well. Powdered animal fat products may be purchased in large quantities at a relatively low price and are good sources of fat, provided they are designed for simple-stomached animal like horses and pigs, and not for ruminants like cattle and sheep. The minimum caloric requirement per 900 to 1,000 pounds of horse is 10,000 to 12,000 calories per day, which goes up if the horse does heavy work. The high-fat EPSM diet provides approximately 16,000 calories per day.