ridecamp@endurance.net: Re: Alfalfa and enteroliths

Re: Alfalfa and enteroliths

MS LOUISE D BURTON (XXDU78A@prodigy.com)
Tue, 21 Oct 1997 22:57:28, -0500

I will answer this publicly because I want people to get the straight scoop
on this......
<<Are you saying the enterolith was the persimmon or was caused by the
<<persimmon? I find it hard to believe that a horse cannot digest a
<<persimmon. People eat them all the time. Where did you hear that
<<persimmons have a glue-like substance? Any documentation?

<<Lauren

Yes the enterolith was persimmon pulp. Yes, there is documentation.
OK State University is doing research on it.
We have heard not to let horses eat persimmons, but always thought it was
because of the indigestable seeds.... Ours were fenced out of them the
best we could. Have 10 horses that have been on this pasture for 8 years.
Some like them more than others, I guess.
It could have been developing for years.
Louise

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