Another article...this month in Horse and Rider-this is about the
fourth I have seen in the last year stating that Psyllium does absolutely
nothing in getting rid of ingested sand. One of the other articles (Equus, I
think) stated that they have done a study and that the horses fed
psyllium were compared to a control group and that the subsequent surgeries
showed no difference.
The H&R article says that psyllium does not aid
gut motility, nor help get out the sand, but it won't hurt your horse. BTW,
this issue actually has a one page article by Becky Hart on Endurance. What do
you know, a mag that usually only has peanut rollers!
Tiffany
*This is what Susan Garlinghouse basically has
said in her lectures.....you would have to give huge amounts daily for a
month, to make much difference. I believe she states best things to
encourage gut motility; moving dirt and sand out, are exercise and
roughage. Susan, hope I didn't misunderstand what you said at the
Western region conference a few years ago....
Karen