Roughage

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dietary fiber

Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

  • Crude cell material present in roughage is not digested in the stomach and the small intestine.
  • A minimum of 1 percent of body weight as roughage is needed to maintain normal digestive function.
  • Roughage Roughage is required by the horse to ensure that the flow of feed through the digestive tract is maintained and as a source of carbohydrate (energy).
  • Mostly, however, the grains are harvested for human use and the remaining roughage is sold as straw.
  • In many cases more roughage is necessary for a given horse.

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