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A comparison of different steaming techniques was done in this experiment which showed that steaming in a specifically designed hay steamer (HG 600) was significantly more effective at reducing microbes in hay compared with home-made steamers and soaking.
Proceedings of the European Equine Health and Nutrition Congress. Ghent, Belgium March 2013 Taylor, J. and Moore-Colyer, M.J.S2013 The effect of five different wetting treatments on the microbial concentration in...
This research indicates that steaming reduces the RAO-affected horse’s response to hay which coincides with a reduction in viable fungal content of hay.
Proceedings of the Annual ACVIM Conference, 2012. Blumerich, C.A., Buechner-Maxwell, V.A., Scrratt, W.K., Wilson, K.E., Ricco, C., Becvarova, I., Hodgson, J. and Were, S2012) Comparison of airway response of Recurrent...
An increase of 64% TVC (bacteria) and 75% mould concentrations was found in haylage open and left for 4 days. Steaming haylage in the HG600 significantly reduced microbial growth, even after 4 days of being left open.
Proceedings of British Society of Animal Science Conference, Nottingham April 2013 Leggatt, P. and Moore-Colyer, M.J.S2013 The effect of steam treatment on the bacteria yeast and mould concentrations in haylage...
Steaming increased the amount of hay eaten, but the rate of intake and amount of chewing was not affected.
Equine Science Society Symposium 2012 . J.D.Pagan, C.Whitehouse, B.M. Waldridge, A.M.Grev, S.W.Garling, O.L.Yates, S. Davis and B. James2012) The effect of soaking or steaming timothy hay on voluntary intake and...
This study found the HAYGAIN HG600 to be the most effective treatment for improving the hygienic quality of the hay while soaking was found to vastly increase bacteria.
6th European Workshop for Equine Nutrition, Lisbon, Portugal, June 20-22nd. Moore-Colyer, M.J.S and Fillery, B.G. 2012 The Effect of three different treatments on the respirable particle content, total viable count...
A second and separate palatability trial further demonstrating that horses prefer to eat steamed hay compared with haylage and dry hay.
Proceedings of British Society of Animal Science Conference, Nottingham April 2013 Brown, E., Tracey, S and Gowers, I. 2010 An investigation to determine the palatability of steamed hay, dry hay...