For the increased demands of sport or for
maintaining good condition for breeding:
horses need energy – and they need
it every day! Fats play the most important
role, since they are one of nature’s richest
sources of energy. But fats and their constituents
also play a key role in the maintenance
of numerous vital functions such
as blood flow, heart and brain activity and
the hormone system. For that reason it is a wise measure to supplement
fat through the feed in order to
prevent an energy deficiency with serious
consequences. BergaHorse Energy Balance offers horse
owners an efficient way of ensuring a daily
supply of energy to their animals.
Valuable ingredients
- High quality fatty acids to support important physical functions
- Phospholipids for better digestibility of nutrients
- Vitamin E to protect the body cells against free radicals
Recommended applications
- As a source of energy in sports, both for
short-term peak performance and to
prevent premature exhaustion when demands
are continuous
- As an energy and nutrient depot to keep
breeding stallions in good condition and
maintain the fertility and satisfactory
pregnancy of breeding mares
- As a source of unsaturated fatty acids
to ensure top physical condition and a
glossy coat
- As a replacement for carbohydrates in
cases of insulin deficiency and for regulating
abnormal carbohydrate metabolism
in equine polysaccharide storage
myopathy.
Feeding recommendation
BergaHorse Energy Balance can be admin-
istered through the feed concentrate, in
daily amounts of up to 1 g per kg of body
weight. For an optimum start to feeding
we recommend increasing the dose continuously
over a period of two to three weeks.
Did you know ...
...that the daily energy exchange of a warm-blooded animal does not increase in proportion
to the animal’s size? The basal metabolic rate of a small dog weighing 2 kg is 0.7 MJ DE
(digestible energy) or 0.35 MJ per kg of live weight, whereas the metabolic rate of a horse
weighing 500 kg is 29.3 MJ DE or only 0.059 MJ per kg.
A comparison of energy requirements
The maintenance requirement of an adult human being is somewhere between 2,000 and
3,000 kcal or 8.4 to 12.6 MJ DE (digestible energy). But a horse weighing 450 kg needs up to
60 MJ of DE just to maintain its physical functions! In order to cover a distance of 20 km at a
gentle trot the horse would need another 20 MJ of energy.
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