Re: Re: pulses and gut sounds

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

Some the thoughts on the 'immediate' benefit of probiotics. How long does it
take probiotics to reach the hind gut? That is where they are needed to go
to work. I am going to guess a minimum of 4 hours to work their way through
the stomach and small intestine for a healthy horse with good movement -
someone else may have a better number. Longer if movement is compromised.

And they are only of benefit if the horse doesn't have enough of his own. In
addition, the horse's own are going to be balanced for the food the he has
been consuming and are superior in that regard to a somewhat arbritrary mix
off a shelf. Perhaps things like the stress of a trailer ride can cause
reduction that makes their use beneficial.

Duncan Fletcher
dfletche@gte.net