1. Digestive Challenges, Post-Surgery
(Specific Recommendations/Special Situations)

Justification: Complete feeds, high in digestible fiber; replace nutrients and gut flora Product Recommended: Maturity Pellet™ (912HFP) Maturity Textured™ (T912ST) Essential K™ (928

2. Idle, Easy-keeper
(Specific Recommendations/Most Common)

Justification: Supplies needed nutrients in low calorie product Product Recommended: Essential K™ (928EK) supplement formulated for growing, performance, and working horses Kalm ‘N EZ&tr

3. Welcome to Tribute Equine Nutrition
(News/Latest)

...e quality of the hay and pasture they consume, the balance of vitamins and minerals in their diets, and the nutrient value of the grains they eat all contribute to a horse's well being and ability...

4. Vet or Nutritionist?
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...In addition, specific courses in nutrition are taken which involve gastrointestinal anatomy and physiology, nutrient sources and functions, nutritionally-related diseases and ration formulation. Nutri...

5. Winterizing Your Horse
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...in the haircoat the horse's metabolic rate goes up to generate heat - loses a lot of calories The major nutrient needed to help the horse deal with all the heat loss is CALORIES (energy). If he do...

6. Performance Feed Matrix
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...E® Equine Nutrition Offers Flexibility Needed in Feeding Equine Athletes The major factors defining the nutrients required for an equine performance event are the work intensity, duration and the ...

7. Tribute Right Choice 14
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A TEXTURED HORSE FEED DESIGNED FOR HORSES ON GRASS OR MIXED HAY WITH DEMANDS SUCH AS PERFORMANCE, LACTATION, GESTATION OR GROWTH. PRODUCT CODE: T914 ♦ 6% Fat for improved performance and body co

8. Tribute Alfa Assist
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... CONSUMING FORAGE - 50% ALFALFA OR CLOVER. PRODUCT CODE: 9610ALFA FEATURES AND BENEFITS: DESIGNED TO SUPPLY NUTRIENTS THAT ARE TYPICALLY LOW OR IMBALANCED IN FORAGES GREATER THAN 50% LEGUME (alfalfa, ...

9. Tribute Grass Assist
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...S AND BENEFITS: • FORMULATED WITH Sel-Plex® AND Bioplex® . • DESIGNED TO SUPPLY NUTRIENTS THAT ARE TYPICALLY LOW OR IMBALANCED IN GRASS OR MIXED FORAGES. • SUPPLIES ES...

10. Metabolic Conditions
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... we ask tremendous tasks of them – both of which require much more feed intake and attention to other nutrients than Przewalski’s horse does. Today, we tend to manage horses confined in st...

11. Conditioning vs. Diet
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Why Fat-Enhanced, Lower Starch Diets Help Maximize Athletic Performance: Matching the Physiological Effects of Conditioning to the Diet of the Elite Performance Horse.  Dr. Daniel J. Burke, Ph.

12. Sound Growth
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...tritional program on DOD, it is most appropriate to assess the composition of the diet, not blood levels of nutrients. This is because the horse’s body will try to maintain blood levels of most ...

13. Max Athletic Performance
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...al feeds. Can translate to 8 – 12 pounds LESS gut fill over a 3-day period (concentrations other nutrients must be adjusted for lower intake of feed to meet requirements). Increased lactic ...

14. HYPP
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...eping blood K levels in check. Like to keep forage at minimum of 1% body weight per day. Provide balance of nutrients with concentrate formulated with highly digestible fiber source, such as beet pulp...

15. Nutrition for Seniors
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...oss of body condition and muscle along the topline could be related to less efficient processing of certain nutrients in the older horse, most notably protein. Tribute Equine Nutrition, as well as oth...

16. Deciphering that Feed Tag
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...level is the amount of feed per day the company designing the feed feels will meet the requirements for all nutrients claimed on the tag.   If a 50-pound bag of feed costs $12.00, the feed costs ...

17. Assessing the Total Diet
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... disposition in their animals. WE DO!!!!   Livestock producers have much more information on the exact nutrient requirements for their animals. Researchers are working on defining the horse's...

18. Low Starch Diet
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...uld we consider?   One must also assure the "low NSC" feed is adequate in all other critical nutrients, like amino acids, vitamins and minerals. Merely lowering NSC levels without provi...

19. PSSM
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...- 2 mg of selenium per day IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO ASSURE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR "NON-CALORIE" NUTRIENTS, SUCH AS AMINO ACIDS, VITAMINS AND MINERALS ARE STILL MET IN LOW-NSC/HIGH FAT DIET...

20. Metabolic Syndrome
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...n addition to the NSC content of the feed, are the size of the meal, frequency of feeding and certain other nutrients, especially fat. Feeding smaller meals, more frequently (3 -4 times a day) and sup...

21. Underfeeding Effects
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Effects of Underfeeding a Higher-Intake Concentrate on Nutrient Intake and Cost    by: Daniel J. Burke, Ph.D., Director of Tribute Equine Nutrition at Kalmbach Feeds   SITUATION: Y

22. DOD in Horses
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...tritional program on DOD, it is most appropriate to assess the composition of the diet, not blood levels of nutrients. This is because the horse’s body will try to maintain blood levels of most ...

23. Max Racing Performance
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...itional feeds. Can translate to 8 – 12 pounds LESS gut fill over a 3-day period (concentrations other nutrients must be adjusted for lower intake of feed to meet requirements).  5.  In...

24. Breeding Farm Recommendations
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...’t breed as well, and mares won’t settle as easily.  This costs additional time and money. Nutrient requirements for breeding stallions are often overestimated.  A diet balanced ...

25. BP Feed Line
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...n idle horses or those with metabolic issues. Balancing the intake of calories with that of other essential nutrients is necessary in these types of horses. During very heavy work, the horse may benef...

26. EK Feed Line
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...bsp;Feed Line (EK): TRIBUTE® ESSENTIAL K, ESSENTIAL K GC™ and ALFA ESSENTIALS™ are “nutrient dense”, providing these essential nutrients while minimizing feeding rates, c...

27. Tribute Advance Paste
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...R HORSES OF ALL AGES. PRODUCT CODE: 9008 SIZE: 30 cc per tube FEATURES AND BENEFITS: Provides critical nutrients for foals suffering from nutrition-related developmental orthopedic disease (D.O.D...

28. Tribute Essential K
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...LIFE STAGES OF HORSES WHEN FED ACCORDING TO FEEDING RECOMMENDATIONS. THE DENSE CONCENTRATION OF ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS IN THIS LOW CALORIE PELLET PERMITS A LOW FEEDING RATE, resulting in the lowest-cos...

29. Tribute Kalm Ultra
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...HORSES. PRODUCT CODE: T91212 FEATURES & BENEFITS: ALL PELLET FORMULA!!!  Horses cannot sort micronutrients!! FORMULATED WITH EXTRUDED GRAINS  for improved digestion. DESIGNED WITH HI...

30. Tribute Equine 12-8 Mineral
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A MINERAL SUPPLEMENT FOR ALL HORSES. PRODUCT CODE: 9128MIN FEATURES: Maintain mineral balance with any hay source Improved growth, bone density, hooves, hair coat and immune system Improved repro