Re: [RC] OT what to do with the horse droppings? - Annie George
Hummm, certinaly something we need
to find out about. Just because one horse died, or one horse lived to be old
isnt enough. Sunday is not the best day to find people. But I will work on
it this next week, and report to the list anything I find out. I do know that
some people free feed it, and I have seen some horses eating allot more of it
that I personaly thought they needed. Who knows, I just do know that when I fed
that Ray-bon, it was nasty stuff. I couldnt help but feel like I was feeding
poision. Well it is poision. Its sometimes not easy to know what to do. Maybee
flies arn't so bad after all. Annie G.
Subject: Re: [RC] OT what to do with the
horse droppings?
Just went through about twenty different nutrition references
in my library, including all the homeopathic and TCM texts and couldn't
find anything. Only discussion I found was in a natural vet med text that
talked about using it sprinkled on carpeting against fleas, but warned it
was irritating to respiratory tracts, which we already knew. No
studies.
s ----- Original Message ----- From: "Annie George"
<annie@xxxxxxx> To: "Susan
Garlinghouse, DVM" <suendavid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent:
Sunday, June 08, 2003 10:13 AM Subject: Re: [RC] OT what to do with the
horse droppings?
I wonder if there are any "real" studies on the
stuff for horses. ?? How could we find that out? Annie Anne George
Saddlery www.vtc.net/~ageorge -----
Original Message ----- From: Susan Garlinghouse, DVM To:
Annie George Cc: RideCamp Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2003 9:37
AM Subject: Re: [RC] OT what to do with the horse
droppings?
I think amount and frequency probably make all
the difference, since you're talking about a balance between the
sandpapering effect versus the rate of enterocyte turnover. I
don't know how much this colt was fed, or how often. Alot of the
parasite load was roundworms and those are pretty big, no way would
DE keep those under control.
Dairys and aviaries---dunno the
effect DE would have there, although the avian gut is evolved to
handle gritty substances (in fact, requires it) and the ruminant
gut is a LOT tougher than equine---plus it's not often you see a
commercial dairy cow in the U.S. older than maybe six or seven
years old. All factors that can make a difference in
tolerance.
Anyway, just something to keep in mind that, as you
commented, 'more is not always better'.
Susan
G ----- Original Message ----- From: "Annie George" <annie@xxxxxxx> To: "Susan
Garlinghouse, DVM" Hi Susan, Thats intersting. I knew a couple of
really old horses that had been fed it all their lives, nevar a
problem. But I have often wondered about that point of sandpapering
the gut. I personaly only feed it during fly time, and not allot of
it. I don't depend on it for worming. Cuz I have no way of
knowing for sure, unless I do fecals. I just do Zimectrin.
I wonder how much each day that poor colt got? Do you think that
could make the diference? I have seen people give way more than
recomended. The idea that allot more is somehow better. I do
know it kills flys and fly eggs in the poop, fed or sprinkled. I
know the dairys feed it and allot of bird places do to. They even
put it in grains to be used for human foods to keep bugs out. and
the DE goes into our flower and stuff to. Hum, Interersting
thoughts. Annie G.
