Re: RC: Milk powder

[Bette Lamore <woa@stormnet.com>]

Good point, Ti
But how do you treat ulcers?
Bette

Tivers@aol.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 3/20/00 5:19:05 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> celestem@badgermining.co.za writes:
> 
> << Any advice on feeding a livestock milk powder to keep weight on! My
>  endurance partner got this advice from somewhere but the advisor has no
>  endurance knowledge so he would like to know if it will be good or bad for
>  his endurance mare. Let me just mention that htis mare HATES oil!!! he even
>  tried syringing it down her throat and she refused to eat her next two meals
>  (after taste?).
> 
>  Celeste (South Africa) >>
> 
> Smart horse! Milk powder has a nice amino acid array and might help, but I
> could think of a half dozen ways to go about gaining lean muscle mass that
> might be more effective--starting with higher carbohydrate (grain) intake
> cobined with dily exercise. If the horse doesn't eat, then look for ulcers
> and bad teeth, fix that, and then feed more grain.
> 
> ti
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