Healthy Bedding For Horses News Paper Shred A Bed
Description
Make your own bedding, shred whole newspapers to ideal size strips with this New Made in Germany Newspaper Shredder, Complete with stand just place wheel barrow under and,shred direct or store and use as needed. Newspaper bedding, clean, dust free bedding, easy clean up, reduces odour, more absorbent . And easily compost
Animal Bedding - Also can make worm bedding , Small pets, chicken coops
120V plug in
16” wide throat opening
Shredded paper's main advantage is that it is the most absorbent type of bedding, according to a study done by Raymond in 1998 at the Equine Research Centre. She compared straw, shavings, peat moss, hemp fibers, and shredded paper. When water was added to 10 grams of each material, shredded paper absorbed 100 mL, as compared to hemp (45 mL), peat moss (30 mL), and wood shavings (28 mL). Straw was the least absorbent material (25 mL).
Having an absorbent bedding is important because unabsorbed ammonia from urine can accumulate inside a stall and irritate the eyes and the mucous membranes of the respiratory tract.2 A 1996 study by the Equine Research Centre looked at the effects of dust and ammonia by comparing ventilation rates and absorbency using straw and shredded paper. Results of the study indicated that even with a really good ventilation rate (27 air changes per hour; four air changes per hour is considered acceptable), ammonia levels exceeded acceptable levels for stalls bedded with straw. This suggests that the rate of ventilation cannot always compensate for the ammonia volatilized during mucking out stalls bedded with straw, which is less absorbent than paper bedding
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2023-07-15