Re: RC: Re: Tell me why not

[Karen Clanin <kclanin@fix.net>]

At 05:44 AM 3/7/00 -0800, Dyane Smith wrote:
>I'm not sure beet pulp is any safer, but, for me, the why not of alfalfa
>cubes is that when dead rodents get ground up in the cubes (as sometimes
>happens), you may not be aware it is in there, but the resulting botulism
>kills the horses.  Happened in the Los Angeles a few years ago--several
>horses died before they figured out the cause.
>Dyane


we had a situation locally a number of years ago where some horses died.
the only common factor is that they all had horse pellets from the same
local mill and it was decided that when mixing for this horse pellet there
was one ingredient from a sheep pellet that did not get totally cleared out
of the vats.  it was the one ingredient that is deadly to horses, starts
with 'r' but i can't recall what it was.


karen clanin
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