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Re: [RC] Selenium again - Heidi SmithI live in the Great Lakes region - very selenium deficient. Where in the heck can 3mg per ounce E and Se supplement be found? Equine America used to sell it, but no more. Uckele has the best "bang for the buck", but I'd have to use one and a half ounces to get the 3mg. Pretty soon her grain won't cover her supplements! I'm exaggerating, but if there's too much powder, my mare won't eat it. EqU-SeE is 6 mg per ounce (and as another poster pointed out, is dosed by the teaspoon--1 mg per teaspoon) and can still be purchased at K-V. The powder problem can be dealt with by feeding just a handful of Equine Senior with it--it sticks beautifully to the tacky-textured Senior. Speaking of testing, my test results said that whole-blood analysis is a longer-tem indicator of selenium status than serum selenium. Is this true, or simply something Michigan State is selling? (As another alternative, Uckele offers hair analysis for about $200 -- the cost isn't worth the benefit to me if blood analysis is good enough.) Whole blood is the appropriate sample for the most accurate selenium testing. Don't bother with the hair analysis for current information--it just tells you what it was 9 months ago. Heidi =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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