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RE: [RC] Horses and yogurt - Susan E. Garlinghouse, D.V.M.Thanks Susan G. for the advice on yogurt. Couple of questions: Looking for a brand that has live acidophilus(?) cultures, right? I feed Mountain High, which I have been able to find both in Colorado and California, dunno if it's elsewhere. The back label should tell you if its live culture. Do horses like it, or do you need to mix it into something? Most seem to like it, especially the fruit flavors. Mine will grudgingly eat citrus flavors, but fight over cherry or vanilla. Don't ask me if they prefer custard style or fruit on the bottom. :-) Always give it to the dogs, any time they have "runny butt" and they love it - it works in a very short time - never tried it on horses. Give it a try. I had a client with a post surgical colitis that just wouldn't clear up (read: runny butt) even on probiotics. Tried live culture yogurt instead and the cow flops dried up overnight. How much should I feed? My highly tested and impeccably derived scientific dosing formula <not> is to eat the top half of an eight ounce carton and hand out the bottom half. If it's the mule whose turn it is to get yogurt, then she tends to barge in and snatch the whole doggone thing. Maybe her innate nutrition instincts have told her she has more of a lactobacillus deficiency, or maybe she's just a big, fat pig that likes yogurt. I haven't figured out which yet. If I'm dispensing from a quart carton, then everybody gets a big fat spoonful, plus whatever they can shamelessly poach from the horse next to them. Susan Garlinghouse, DVM =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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