Element
Give your adult horse, pony or miniature the daily giddyap they need with Equis Element. High fiber, high fat, but lower in carbohydrates, it provides the well-balanced nutrition your favorite equine needs every day to be active, strong and healthy.
Benefits
- Equis® Element is a controlled carbohydrate feed for horses needing safer energy sources. Element is the smart option when managing special needs horses for total non structural carbohydrates in their diets.
- Equis Element is convenient when feeding a wide range of nutritional needs due to its relatively low feeding rate and energy value. The dry, pelleted qualities of Element make this feed easy to store and manage.
- Equis Element features SelPlex® from Alltech® as a natural selenium source in response to the low availability of this trace mineral in northwest forages.
- Includes Alltech® BioMOS®, Diamond V Yeast Culture®, Nuwen Calsea Powder Advance at manufacturer’s recommended levels for your horse’s digestive wellness and immune balance through nutritional excellence.
- Includes Zinpro®4-Plex EQ Performance Minerals®. Equis Feeds contain complexed trace minerals including zinc, manganese , copper and cobalt. These minerals may only be required in small amounts each day, but they play a critical role in numerous metabolic functions that affect the health of the horse.
- Formulated and manufactured in the Northwest for the northwest equine.
Ingredients
Wheat Middlings, Corn Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles, Soybean Hulls, Plain Dried Beet Pulp, Suncured Alfalfa, Cane Molasses, Salt, Calcite, Calcium Carbonate, Hydrolyzed Yeast, Yeast Culture, Canola Oil, Zinc Methionine Complex, Manganese Methionine Complex, Copper Lysine Complex, Cobalt Glucoheptonate, Natural and Artificial Flavors Added, DL-Methionine, L-Lysine Hydrochloride, Ferrous Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, Zinc Sulfate, Vitamin E Supplement, Basic Copper Chloride, Biotin, Mineral Oil, Choline Chloride, Vitamin A Supplement, Sodium Selenite, Ethylenediamine Dihydriodide, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Niacin Supplement, Vitamin B-12 Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Riboflavin Supplement, Selenium Yeast, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Roughage Products, Rice Bran, Magnesium Carbonate, Propionic Acid, Acetic Acid, Sorbic Acid, Benzoic Acid, Silicon Dioxide.
*Contains Alltech Bio-Mos®,Zinpro-4 Plex EQ, Nuwen Calsea Powder Advance
Guaranteed analysis
| Crude Protein | minimum | 17% |
| Lysine | minimum | 0.7% |
| Methionine | minimum | 0.3% |
| Crude Fat | minimum | 5% |
| Crude Fiber | maximum | 15% |
| Calcium | minimum | 0.75% |
| Calcium | maximum | 1.25% |
| Phosphorus | minimum | 0.6% |
| Copper | minimum | 95 ppm |
| Selenium | 0.5 ppm | |
| Zinc | minimum | 315 ppm |
| Vitamin A | minimum | 6,000 IU/lb |
| Vitamin D | minimum | 600 IU/lb |
| Vitamin E | minimum | 80 IU/lb |
| Biotin | minimum | 0.55 mg/lb |
| Dietary Starch | maximum | 9.6% |
| Sugar (ESC) | maximum | 6% |
Feeding directions
| Activity | Feeding recommendationrecomm. as a percentage of body weight (%) | Pounds of feed per 500 lbs of body weight (lb) |
| Maintenance | < 0.2 + Ultramin or Daily 35% *** | 1 |
| Light work | 0.4 - 0.6 | 2 - 3 |
| Maintenance work | 0.6 - 0.8 | 3 - 4 |
| Intense work | 0.8 - 1.0 | 4 - 5 |
***When feeding less than recommended feeding amount add Equis Ultramin or Equis Daily 35% Supplement to complete your horse’s vitamin and mineral requirement (see tags for further recommendations).
- Feeding rates depend heavily on the quality of forage, activity level, age, breed, temperament and special needs of each horse.
- Changes in feed type or rate should be made gradually.
- Feeding a minimum of 1% of body weight in roughage is highly recommended.
- Fresh, clean water should be available at all times.
- Feed horses regularly, preferably two or more times daily.
- Do not feed old, moldy, or insect-infested feeds as they may cause illness, abortions or death.
- Store in a dry place.