My red flag is the statement from Dr. Holland who stated that "the
most offending commodity (which one had the most MOLD) seems to be beet
pulp. I have never noticed any difference in any bags of beet pulp if have
ever bought. But, it would be very hard to "see" any mold as the stuff is
dehydrated. I have never liked feeding alfalfa pellets as I have been
afraid that feed manufactures used lesser (maybe rain damaged) alfalfa in the
pellets. Rather like hotdog manufacturers using lesser quality chicken in
their chickendogs. renie
Last summer, one of my horses was hospitalized with a severe case of
diarrhea. He was tested for salmonella, Potomac Horse Fever, clostridium
- nothing came back positive.
The final suggestion was that it was either a reaction to stress or a
reaction to something toxic he had ingested.
The only thing - we had just opened a new sack of "funny looking" beet
pulp.
The horse recovered, but I never could bring myself to feed out that beet
pulp, although I still do feed BP.
Do you think the beet pulp could somehow have been the culprit?
