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Re: RC: Electrolyte comparison, which calcim form best?
At 08:59 AM 05/29/2000 -0700, Laney Humphrey wrote:
>Karen, thanks for putting all that valuable info out!!! At Castlerock a
>horse got "thumps." His owner was using a home-made electrolyte formula
>using dolomite as the calcium source. Nancy Elliot, DVM (head vet) said
>that that form of calcium is not readily available to the horse.
Aren't thumping horses also short on potassium?
> (I noticed that not all electrolyte formulations in your chart use the
same type & some didn't list the type used.)
It is confusing isn't it - and some of them list "Sodium Chloride" as one
ingredient, and others list it as two "Sodium", and "Chloride".
Happy Trails,
Karen
in NV
& Rocky, 2,665 miles
& Weaver, 3,255 miles
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