Re: keeping weight on

["Dorothy Beebe" <dbeebe@plumas.ca.us>]

Heidi--what do you recommend?  I was just getting ready to put my mare on it
as I've learned that it is less harmful and toxic than the paste wormers.

dorothy & elly
taylorsville, ca

-----Original Message-----
From: CMKSAGEHIL <CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com>
To: karen@chaton.gardnerville.nv.us <karen@chaton.gardnerville.nv.us>;
hickst@nichols.com <hickst@nichols.com>
Cc: ridecamp@endurance.net <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Thursday, March 05, 1998 9:00 PM
Subject: Re: keeping weight on


>In a message dated 98-03-05 20:34:04 EST, karen@chaton.gardnerville.nv.us
>writes:
>
><< Another thing I have done, is put my horses on Strongid C (daily
wormer).
>>>
>
>I have had REALLY BAD experiences with endurance horses that have been put
on
>Strongid C!  It is a fabulous product for weanlings, yearlings, etc., but
have
>had multiple cases of post-ride colics in Strongid C endurance horses.
>Considering there are not a lot of them on it, and that I see relatively
few
>post-ride colics overall, I can't help but feel that there is a connection.
I
>don't know if it changes the gut flora or what, but have literally had the
gut
>shut down on some of these, requiring hospitalization and EXTREME medical
>effort to get them turned around.  At any rate, it is NOT a product I
>recommend for endurance horses!
>
>Heidi Smith, DVM--Sagehill Arabians (Oregon)
>
>