FYI: distiller's grains as a carrier option
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paulah@...
This group does not seem to use distiller's grains as a carrier but Dr. Kellon mentioned them (maybe in NCRplus 2011 course or EC horsekeeping). I have been using them for a couple of years before Cory tested positive for IR. I recently tested two batches and they are under 6% ESC + starch. It smells like fresh baked bread and I can feed minerals as well as bute or other noxious meds in one cup (~ 150 grams). My local feed mill carries it. No soaking required, all I do is take a thermos of warm water up to the horse shed to mix everything together and eliminate dust.
Paula (Cory IR and Onyx no ECIR) in Bucks County, PA, USA EC 2014 https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/echistory8/files/Paula_Cory/ NCRplus2011 https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/echistory8/photos/albums/275503778 |
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I would be interested in the answer to this as well. Can anybody give any info on this?
June Oregon Dec 2013 |
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Monique Warren
Ground flax is preferred as the different forms of vitamins or minerals vary in weight. With "dry" ingredients such as distillers grain it allows settling when shipped and stored. With ground flaxseed the fat is sticky so the other ingredients are better distributed and servings will be more consistent.
Monique San Diego 2007 |
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Dawn Wagstaff
As I am always on the lookout for a good carrier for minerals(My horses love soy hull pellets, however, I have now experienced a second batch of pellets that they refused to eat due to what appears to be overprocessing, and I can't keep buying half a pallet that needs a 3 hour trip to return). I did some research online last night regarding Distillers grains and was concerned over the following press release from Pennfield Feeds in 2010 regarding concentrations of Mycotoxins in Distillers grains.
I live in farm country and have an ethanol plant that sits right across from Uckele, LOL. My farmer neighbors have described the process they experience selling corn to the plant. It includes driving into a scale and the plant places a probe down into the load of corn to determine moisture content, too high and the load is rejected. Approved and you drive on to where your load is dumped onto a huge pile that consists of a million bushels of corn. After that, the corn is processed via "cooking" into ethanol and the residual left is what is then sold as feed, etc. I have to share a concern regarding mycotoxins in bagged DDGS, because when we buy them , they haven't been further tested for mycotoxins. That initial moisture test may be the only test performed and it is only testing moisture, not mycotoxins. I will have to quiz my farmer friends regarding if they are selling corn that has been dried in a bin drier as opposed to proper drying in the field..... Dawn Wagstaff Saline, MI 2003 |
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shabbonawoman
I live relatively close to an ethanol plant and a livestock feed producer. A number of years ago, I was looking at Distillers grains and/or SB hulls for a carrier. Because of the mycotoxin issue with corn based Distillers grains the feed mill would not sell them for equine use. When used in a pelleted feed, they expect the high heat from processing with kill any mycotoxins. From what I remember, testing is quite expensive. Non-corn Distillers grains are fine. Lucky for me, they were open to selling SB hulls. Cheryl - No. IL 10/07 I did some research online last night regarding Distillers grains and was concerned over the following press release from Pennfield Feeds in 2010 regarding concentrations of Mycotoxins in Distillers grains. Dawn Wagstaff Saline, MI 2003 |
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