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- From: jeffp@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu (Jeff Parke)
- Newsgroups: rec.equestrian
- Subject: HELP for weak shelly hooves
- Keywords: nutritional deficiency
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.145721.13092@serval.net.wsu.edu>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 14:57:21 GMT
- Article-I.D.: serval.1992Nov17.145721.13092
- Sender: jeffp@vetmed.wsu.edu
- Organization: Washington State University
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- >Subj: HELP for weak shelly hooves 92-11-13 16:50:04 EST
- >From: Ponytrax
- >
- >Hello, I need help with brittle, weak hooves. I have an 8-year old TB gelding,
- >off the track for 25 months now. He is 15'3", 900 lbs approx. I would say he
- >is in medium work: ridden 6x per week, a mix of dressage, jumping, and
- >conditioning work (long trailrides in hilly country). He lives in a large (2+
- >acre) turnout with another gelding, and is out all the time, until January
- >through mid-April, when they are bedded in box stalls at night. His diet
- >varies with requirements, the current regimen is:
- >
- >7 lbs oat hay, 6 lbs alfalfa hay, about 4 lbs grain (a home-made mix of whole
- >oats and rolled corn oats & barley) 1/2 cup corn oil, the commercial product
- >*Source* (as manufacturer recommends) and 1 1/2 oz. *Biotin H-4* (also a
- >commercial product). He's been on the supplements for about 18 months and his
- >feet have shown no improvement--they haven't gotten worse, but they haven't
- >gotten better, either.
- >
- >I have read about adding powdered milk to the diet, to increase the dietary
- >availability of one of the proteins (but I forget which one).
- >Any and all recommendations gratefully received.
- >
- >
- >Liz
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