Glycaemic and insulinemic response to dietary carbohydrates in horses

Table 1 Dietary composition and intake of carbohydrates of the different test meals

	Test meals
	H	OB	BB	M
Hay, kg DM	1.1
Oats, kg DM		1.1
Barley, kg DM			0.8
Betfor^®, kg DM		0.3	0.3
Equigard^®, kg DM				1.7
Feed intake, kg DM	1.1	1.4	1.1	1.7
Total carbohydrate intake, kg
Sugar	0.12	0.09	0.08	0.27
Starch	–	0.42	0.42	0.08
Total NSP	0.57	0.43	0.26	0.61
-S-NCP	0.02	0.09	0.10	0.19
Fibre
Dietary fibre	0.70	0.52	0.30	0.75
NDF	0.69	0.42	0.21	0.51

NSP non-starch polysaccharides, S-NCP soluble non-cellulosic polysaccharides, H Hay, OB Oats and Betfor^®, BB Barley and Barley and Betfor^®, M Equigard^®

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