Dengie - Alfa-Beet - 20kg

✔ The combination of alfalfa and unmolassed sugar beet pulp provides slow-release energy in the form of highly digestible fibre.

✔ Dengie Alfa-Beet promotes weight gain and condition without excitability.

✔ Provides 10.5MJ/kg of Digestible Energy – comparable to a cool mix or cube, but with much lower levels of starch.

✔ Alfa-Beet aids hydration and is ideal for horses and ponies with dental issues, such as diastemas.

✔ Naturally low in starch (2%), with no added sugar (5%).

✔ Sugar beet pulp is the fibrous part of the beet that is left once the sugar has been extracted which means it is a low sugar ingredient.

✔ Convenient 15-minute hot soak or 2-hour cold soak.

✔ Free from molasses and preservatives 100% natural.

✔ Suitable for horse prone to laminitis.

✔ Dengie Alfa-Beet is also ideal for goats that struggle to hold condition, as well as breeding does and fussy feeders.

Feeding Guidelines: (See Image)

How to soak Dengie Alfa-Beet:

• Dengie Alfa-Beet is easy to use as it soaks to a mash much more quickly than conventional sugar beet pellets – when soaking in hot water it is ready in 15 mins, alternatively in cold water it takes 2 hours or can be left through the day or night to soak – whichever is more convenient!

• For soaking, we recommend one part product to three parts water.

• One large Stubbs scoop of dry Dengie Alfa-Beet pellets = 1.6Kg

• One large Stubbs scoop of soaked Dengie Alfa-Beet holds 0.5kg of dry matter if soaked at a 1 part Dengie Alfa-Beet to 3 parts water ratio.

Different ways of feeding Alfa-Beet:

To dampen the feed:
Add a small quantity ie. ½ or 1 mug of soaked Alfa-Beet to feed to dampen. This can be particularly useful when mixing powdered supplements into a feed.

To add digestible fibre for weight gain and condition:
Alfa-Beet is a great way to add highly digestible fibre to the ration to help promote weight gain and condition. For example, a soaked scoop could be added to each feed to provide additional calories in the ration. If soaking 1 part Alfa-Beet to 3 parts water ratio, up to 1 soaked scoop per 100kg bodyweight can be fed per day, ie. Up to 5 soaked scoops can be fed to a 500kg horse per day.

If using as a partial hay replacer:
Alfa-Beet is a great option as a partial hay replacer, particularly for horses with poor dentition as it is soft and easy to chew. It can be fed up to 1kg per 100kg bodyweight per day (dry weight measured before soaking). For example, a 500kg horse could have up to 5kg per day.

If a total hay replacer is needed, Alfa-Beet can be mixed with Dengie Hi-Fi Senior which is a soft, short chopped fibre or Dengie Pure Grass Pellets if a totally soaked ration is needed. We would suggest splitting the hay replacer ration over as many separate meals as possible throughout the day so that the period of time the horse is left with nothing to eat is as short as possible.

Ingredients:
Alfalfa, unmolassed sugar beet.

Nutritional Analysis:
Digestible Energy 10.5MJ/kg, Protein 14%, Oil 3%, Ash (mineral) 10%, Fibre 32%, Naturally Occurring Sugar 5%, Starch 2%.

Bag Size: 20kg
SPR Product Code: DN06
Barcode: 5028331000112

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