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Re: [RC] poison apple - Barbara McCrary

I have never, in all my life, heard of not feeding apples to horses.  Ours get apples for a job well done.  Even our border Collie loves apples and will steal one off the hitching rail any time I am careless enough to leave one there for the horses.  Our horses might get three apples after a ride, and that could be daily or every second day.
 
Barbara
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Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 5:17 AM
Subject: [RC] poison apple

Hi. I was wondering something. I know about the seeds in apples having some cianide in them and that people should avoid eating them. What about horses? How much is too much? I gave 2 apples a day (one per feeding) for many months with no problem whatsoever. I get the boxes of bruised apples from the grocery store so it's cheap to feed them. Someone my husband knows said their vet said not to feed apples to horses and if you do, to only feed them one apple a month!! Huh? Mine aren't dead, yet. What's up with that? Any comments especially from a vet out there in Ridecampville?
 
Deb

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