Truman
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WADR, Truman, I don't think you read my whole post before you made this
statement. Consider the two statements below, which were in my original
post. In my mind, they are reason to refute your above statement. You see,
not every nutrient works as entended if withheld for that 72 hour window.
I stated:
"The amount of work they did in the wild was much less than the work they
do
for us. We ask them to roam where we want them to go in competition and
training, carrying 165-250# on their backs at the speed we choose
(theoretically)...
...Now, some nutrients the horse can "stockpile" to be called on
later and some must be made available in a relatively short amount of time
prior to their use. Here is where I have a problem with the AERC drug
rule."
I was not referring specifically to MSM and DMG, however, those are good
examples of supplements we don't know everything about. To wit, our past
posts from Susan Evans, RE -- DMG. (And if Susan's research is correct,
DMG is a nutritional supplement which would have not effect outside that 72
hour window).
What I've tried to convey here is, we are asking the horse to do work for
us that will cause his body harm without proper nutrition. We, in turn,
should do whatever is possible to prevent harm to the horse.
Linda Van Ceylon
lvanceylon@vines.colostate.edu