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The  Middle East tends to be low in selenium, but it affects horses 
differently. I have a mare who MUST have a selenium supplement, and I 
take one too or I have permanently achy muscles. But the others are 
fine. Arabs in the old days lived on a diet that contained dates and 
dates are phenomenally rich in minerals, so that probably took care of 
the deficiency.

Maryanne Stroud Gabbani
Cairo, Egypt
www.alsorat.com

"The trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel too fast and 
you miss all you are traveling for"  Louis L'Amour


On Monday, Sep 13, 2004, at 23:32 Africa/Cairo, LaBrake, Denise A wrote:

> I heard that selenium in a horses diet is important if they are above 
> sand
> pasture.
>
> We had sand in NY and one of my friends had been reading about her 
> Arab. I
> do
> recall her mentioning reading about Arabians of their native country 
> have to
> have
> selenium in the diet.
>
> Do some checking on it. It somehow helps the situation. I cannot 
> remember
> the details of it.
> Anyone hear this?
>
> Denise
>
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