ridecamp@endurance.net: Re: need your advice!

Re: need your advice!

Tivers@aol.com
Fri, 17 Oct 1997 00:52:59 -0400 (EDT)

In a message dated 97-10-16 15:55:08 EDT, ridecamp@endurance.net writes:

<< There are a couple of primary reasons why horses eat manure. One,
insufficient fiber content, which doesn't sound like the case with your
guys. However, do make sure they're getting at least 1% of their body
weight in hay or pasture to maintain gut motility. Sounds like they
are. Two, they're deficient in something in their diet, sometimes a
mineral. >>

Three, they've exercised to high body temps recently and have killed off gut
flora--solution, a pint of live yogurt.

ti

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