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Essential K - Ration Balancer - Tribute Superior Equine Nutrition

Essential K - Ration Balancer - Tribute Superior Equine Nutrition

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Essential K by Tribute Superior Equine Nutrition

Essential K® is a low sugar/starch (NSC), no added iron ration balancer designed to be fed to easy-keeping or overweight horses, or used as a top-dress with any other Tribute® feed to provide additional vitamins, trace minerals and amino acids to support performance or enhance topline. This ration balancer is ideal for horses consuming hay or pasture that is 50% or less alfalfa (or other legumes). Essential K® is formulated with pre- and probiotics to support your horse’s digestive health.

Product Benefits

  • Low Feeding Rate. A dense nutrient concentration and low calorie pellet makes it a low cost method of supplying essential nutrients.
  • Low NSC. Beneficial for hyperactive or special needs horses, such as those with insulin resistance, laminitis, obesity, or tying-up.
  • Optimal balance of essential amino acids, organic minerals, fatty acids, and antioxidants to support dietary requirements and peak performance.
  • Low Feeding Rate keeps calorie intake low for over-weight or easy-keeping horses and ponies.

FEEDING RATE

Feeding rate will vary depending on your horses life stage, body condition and weight.  Please contact us for the appropriate feeding rate.  Essential K can be fed to horses from 4 months of age well into their senior years.

GUARANTEED ANALYSIS

Crude Protein (Min.)28.00%
Crude Fat (Min.)6.00%
Crude Fiber (Max.)5.00%
Calcium (Ca) (Act.)3.00%
Phosphorus (P) (Act.)1.50%
Salt (NaCl) (Act.)1.10%
Sodium (Na) (Act.)0.40%
Copper (Cu) (Act.)200 mg/kg
Zinc (Zn) (Act.)400 mg/kg
Potassium (K) (Act.)1.10%
Magnesium (Mg) (Act.)0.40%
Fluorine (F) (Max.)1 mg/kg
Manganese (Mn) (Act.)240 mg/kg
Cobalt (Co) (Act.)4 mg/kg
Iron (Fe) (Act.)600 mg/kg
Iodine (I) (Act.)4 mg/kg
Biotin (Min.)5,400 mcg/kg
Thiamine (Min.)66 mg/kg
Vitamin A (Min.)66,000 IU/kg
Vitamin D (Min.)5,500 IU/kg
Vitamin E (Min.)2,200 IU/kg
Vitamin C (Min.)110 mg/kg
This feed contains added selenium at 1.5 mg/kg.
Note: Feeding vitamins other than vitamins A, D, E, Riboflavin, Pyridoxine, and Thiamine to horses may not have a beneficial effect.

INGREDIENTS

Dehulled Soybean Meal, Ground Extruded Whole Soybeans, Dehydrated Alfalfa Meal, Wheat Flour, Wheat Middlings, Dried Whey, Monocalcium Phosphate, Calcium Carbonate, Cane Molasses, Soybean Oil, Lignin Sulfonate, Magnesium Oxide, L-Lysine, DL-Methionine, Salt, Potassium Sulfate, Magnesium Sulfate, Potassium Chloride, Vitamin A, Vitamin E, Vitamin D, d-Biotin, Folic Acid, Vitamin B-12, d-calcium pantothenate, Niacin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex, Riboflavin, Ascorbic Acid, Choline Chloride, Zinc Proteinate (CRN#990257), Manganese Proteinate (CRN#990256), Copper Proteinate (CRN#990254), Corn Distillers Grains with Solubles Dehydrated (CRN#990083), Zinc Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Ethylene Diamine Dihydroiodide, Cobalt Sulfate, Sodium Selenite, and Selenium Yeast (CRN#982026)

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