Re: Mold on grass hay

["Celia Krall" <celiak@pcrs.net>]

Never never never!!!  One horse with that permanent cough - you'll never
ever feed moldy hay of any variety.  That cough (sorry Scientific Great
Ones, don't know the terminology) never gets healed.

Cel

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> From: Lif Strand <fasterhorses@gilanet.com>
> To: Ridecamp <ridecamp@endurance.net>
> Subject: RC:  Mold on grass hay
> Date: Thursday, September 07, 2000 9:41 AM
> 
> Moldy alfalfa is a big no-no to feed, but I have someone asking me about 
> mold on grass hay.  It appears as a fine grey dust that flies when the 
> bales are opened, and the person says that it is definitely not just
plain 
> old field dust - I assume the dust smells moldy.
> 
> My question is that is this sort of moldy grass hay OK to feed to horses
on 
> a regular rather than occasional basis (apparently the whole load of hay
is 
> like this)?  Another person suggested wetting it down before feeding,
which 
> would cut down on what mold would be inhaled, but what about horses 
> ingesting it?  Ideas?  Opinions?  Thanks!  Lif
> 
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