Re: RC: Electrolyte comparison, which calcim form best?

[DreamWeaver <karen@chaton.gardnerville.nv.us>]

At 08:59 AM 05/29/2000 -0700, Laney Humphrey wrote:

>Karen, thanks for putting all that valuable info out!!!  At Castlerock a 
>horse got "thumps."  His owner was using a home-made electrolyte formula 
>using dolomite as the calcium source.  Nancy Elliot, DVM (head vet) said 
>that that form of calcium is not readily available to the horse.

Aren't thumping horses also short on potassium?

 > (I noticed that not all electrolyte formulations in your chart use the 
same type & some didn't list the type used.)

It is confusing isn't it - and some of them list "Sodium Chloride" as one 
ingredient, and others list it as two "Sodium", and "Chloride".

Happy Trails,

Karen
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