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- From: tracy@scoraz.resp-sci.arizona.edu (Tracy Scheinkman)
- Newsgroups: rec.equestrian
- Subject: re: sand colic and psyllium
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.061542.27066@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 06:15:42 GMT
- Sender: news@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu
- Organization: University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
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- While sand within a horse's gut and sand colic are mostly something
- seen in dry climates where horses are stabled on dry (non-grassy) lots it
- can be a problem for anyone who receives hay or other feeds grown and processed
- in those areas. For example a friend of mine decided to test the pellets she
- used, she dissolved a handful of pellets in a jar water, shook it up and let
- it settle and discovered that there was quite a lot of sand in the pellets.
- From this example we can see that even if a horse is kept in pristine
- conditions with a completely off-the-ground feeding system that the horse can
- still acquire sand. I have noticed that sometimes even the best quality hay
- can have dirt clumps and small pebbles baled up with it.
- For these reasons I would give my horses psyllium regardless of
- whether they had been diagnosed with sand or not.
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- Tracy and everybody
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