Re: Re: calcium/phosphorus imbalance, tail chewing, and colic

["Duncan Fletcher" <dfletche@gte.net>]

Blood tests for calcium are useless because the body has a large resevoir of
calcium that it will mobilize at the expense of bone if serum calcium is too
low. However, the feed can be tested. Serum P tests are probably more
accurate, particularly if urine tests are analyzed at the same time. As to
whether tail chewing is a sign of ca/P imbalance, I am somewhat skeptical.
Is it supposed to be a sign of high or low Ca/P?

Duncan Fletcher
dfletche@gte.net


----- Original Message -----
From: GESA BRINKS <gesaeqfx@pe.net>


> I have heard for years that tail chewing is a sign of ca/phos imbalance.
I
> believe that a blood test will tell you which way you need to go to
> straighten out your feeding program.   gesa n clovis n skye