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- From: kcarver@dante.nmsu.edu (Kenneth Carver)
- Subject: Re: Heaves (was: Feeding Old Horses)(LONG)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.050905.3158@nmsu.edu>
- Summary: hay is the biggest culprit, but oats may be involved too
- Keywords: heaves, hay, oats
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- Organization: New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
- References: <1992Nov17.050416.23938@nmsu.edu> <15240078@hpspdla.spd.HP.COM>
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 05:09:05 GMT
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- In article <15240078@hpspdla.spd.HP.COM> kyle@hpspdla.spd.HP.COM (Kyle Karnosh) writes:
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- >Don't know much about heaves, but I'm curious. The above statements would
- >seem to imply that in many cases heaves is caused by an allergy to oats????
- >I've heard that heaves is allergy related, but are oats usually the
- >problem? Did Shane's allergy test come back positive for oats?
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- Hay is the usual causative factor, but oats and the dust that
- accompanies them can aggrevate the heavey horse. Respond is a moist
- feed with no dust. As for Shane, I can't recall the results of his
- allergy test, but I don't believe he was sensitive to oats. The test
- may not have even included it. The fact that the special feeds are
- formulated without oats suggests that oats should be avoided.
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- --Ken Carver
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