Original scientific paper
THE COMPARISON OF NUTRITIVE VALUES OF VARIOUS RATIONS FOR SPORT HORSES IN HORSE DRIVING SPORT
Josip Salaić
; Poljoprivredni fakultet Sveučilišta u Osijeku, Osijek, Croatia
Mirjana Baban
; Poljoprivredni fakultet Sveučilišta u Osijeku, Osijek, Croatia
Matija Domaćinović
; Poljoprivredni fakultet Sveučilišta u Osijeku, Osijek, Croatia
Pero Mijić
; Poljoprivredni fakultet Sveučilišta u Osijeku, Osijek, Croatia
Maja Sakač
; Poljoprivredni fakultet Sveučilišta u Osijeku, Osijek, Croatia
Tina Bobić
; Poljoprivredni fakultet Sveučilišta u Osijeku, Osijek, Croatia
Kristina Budimir
; Poljoprivredni fakultet Sveučilišta u Osijeku, Osijek, Croatia
Abstract
The horse driving sport is a demanding sports discipline which, for a three-day-competition, consists of elegant dressage, the most difficult marathon and precise obstacle cone-driving. Horses run 20 km during the marathon. They also run 20 km daily during intensive training in competition seasons. Thus, sport horses demand a more complex plan of feeding than other horses. The research of the private and stud farm breeding consisted of four different ways of feeding of successful Lipizzan sport horses. Each plan of feeding has different meal structure and has its own advantages and disadvantages. During the competition seasons, horses in the Osijek Horse Club get 1,667 grams (g) of crude proteins and 154.55 MJ of digestive energy, which is 365 g of crude proteins and 17.24 MJ of digestive energy more than the daily allowance. At the State Stud of Đakovo the Lipizzans get 1,546 g of crude proteins and 139.71 MJ of digestive energy, which is 22 MJ of digestive energy less than the daily allowance. The Lipizzans at the Family Farm Dorušak get 1,381 g of crude proteins and 104.03 MJ of digestive energy, which is 69 g of crude proteins more and 33 MJ of digestive energy less than the daily allowance. Every ration of the Lipizzans at the Family Farm Vidačić consists of 2,017 g of crude proteins and 204.85 MJ of digestive energy, which is 465 g of crude proteins and 42.42 MJ of digestive energy more than the daily allowance. It was observed that, besides the meal structure, the quality of animal feed, as well as the way of feeding and the number of rations are equally important. Since the horse driving sport in the Republic of Croatia is still developing, it is necessary to educate horse owners and breeders how to find the best way of feeding their horses because feeding has an important role in obtaining the first-rate results.
Keywords
horse feeding; horse driving sport; digestive energy; crude proteins
Hrčak ID:
60706
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Publication date:
1.7.2010.
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