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Re: [RC] Alfalfa-free diet for endurance mule - heidi larson


you should get on the PNER board and ask Max Merlich about his mule Reba - 
she's got skin issues (sweet itch) and has good luck changing her diet, 
although I don't know exactly what he did.  My arab/mustang colt got sweet itch 
last summer and I think while bugs were a major part of the problem, I pulled 
any access to alfalfa and it seemed to help immensely.  He's not doing 
endurance yet - he just turned 2 today!


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heidi larson


--- On Mon, 4/27/09, grannynhorses@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <grannynhorses@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
wrote:


From: grannynhorses@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <grannynhorses@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [RC] Alfalfa-free diet for endurance mule
To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Monday, April 27, 2009, 7:56 PM
My wonderful endurance mule has a
chronic allergic skin condition
that so far is only controllable with Prednisolone.?
My next plan of
attack (After trying all kinds of things recommended by my
vet, UC
Davis, and a naturopathic equine practitioner) is to try to
eliminate
alfafa from his diet, to see if that's the culprit.?
Anybody have
good results on their endurance horses/mules on an
alfalfa-free diet?
What grain or supplements do you use?

Thanks!

Jill



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