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[RC] that world's worst selenium levels? - Ridecamp GuestPlease Reply to: Frances gumbootballet@xxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ========================================== I ride a big appendix QH mare who is currently the top QH in British Columbia in CTR and has done half a dozen 50 mile rides, top tenning in 4 of them. She just won a level 2 CTR, taking BC for the ride. A week later I had a blood panel done on her for the first time. Her selenium levels came back at .054!!! I was stunned! Her little Morab barn mate eats the same feed (local grass hay,beet pulp, soaked alfalfa cubes, loose salt, oil and a "good" supplement which provides 3mg of selenium per day)and has a selenium reading of .177. Neither horse has ever shown any sign of crampiness or stiff gaits. Both are "go gettum" types that are always up for a ride. Why is my mare still upright with levels that may be historically low? Surely she should be paralysed with these selenium levels!!! My vet seems to be just as mystified as I am. Anyone...??? Help!!!! -Frances ===========================================================Just because someone tells you that your horse isn't "fit" for endurance...doesn't mean it isn't, it just means your horse isn't fit to be "their" endurance horse! Go for it, you never know what you'll accomplish with that "saddle horse" or "trail horse" of YOURS! ~ Darlene Anderson - DPD Endurance ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ===========================================================
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