Re: Re: Starved horses

["Duncan Fletcher" <dfletche@gte.net>]

There has been some work in this area. If I ever manage to get my sent items
folder reinstalled after my latest system upgade, I will send more details.
From memory, the information I believe comes from UC Davis's Horse Report -
perhaps a year ago. The recommended feed was alfalfa - no grain, no
supplements. It started with underfeeding the horse - very small frequent
meals, but total amount was still underfeeding. This was increased. I don't
remember the exact amounts or progression of increase off the top of my
head.

-----Original Message-----
From: Susan Evans Garlinghouse <suendavid@worldnet.att.net>
To: ridecamp@endurance.net <ridecamp@endurance.net>; Tivers@aol.com
<Tivers@aol.com>
Date: Monday, March 29, 1999 10:29 PM
Subject: RC: Re: Starved horses


>>Cartilage destruction/repair is problematic. But cartilage destruction is
>>pretty far down the catabolism curve--just as it's difficult to rebuild
>>cartilage through nourishment, it is also difficult to destroy it through
>lack
>>of nourishment. Hopefully, proper nutrition is restored before there is
>>nothing left in the joint to work with.
>
>That's what makes me wonder what was different about the two starvation
>cases I saw in which the cartilage was totally gone, and I mean gone.  No
>integrity left there at all.  I think both of these were horses that had
>been on a essentially-straw ration for months, maybe years before they got
>to this point.  It's certainly a different response from horses like Lari's
>that had total lack of energy, protein and everything else for a relatively
>short period of time (though I'm sure it didn't seem that way to the
horse),
>but then were able to totally repair the system to its former condition.
>
>One thing I remember from human nutrition courses---when humans reach
>extreme starvation, the body no longer has sufficient protein enzymes to be
>able to digest a sudden meal, and the food goes right on through
undigested.
>I can't remember for sure, but I think the body requires small amounts of
>simple carbs for awhile to supply the fuel to rebuild enzymes to start true
>digestion again.  Don't think anyone has looked at that in horses yet.
>
>Susan G
>
>
>
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