----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 8:31
PM
Subject: alfalfa hay and
enteroliths
Susan,
I know the magnesium
in our California oat hay is rather high. Normally, once the raining season
starts, I feed oat hay and alfalfa. Sooo, now I'm feeding way too much
magnesium? or do the two sort of balance each other out? Horses are currently
on oat hay with supplements.
Thanks -
Jeanne
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001
3:04 PM
Subject: RC: Re: alfalfa hay and
enterliths
Yes. All alfalfa will be high in calcium,
but alfalfa grown in the southwest averages up to seven times higher in
magnesium than alfalfa grown outside the southwest. Thus, enteroliths
are much more of a concern when alfalfa is fed from those regions (note that
alfalfa can be shipped long distances), because magnesium is one of the
three primary mineral components of enteroliths. By southwest, I would
include CA, AZ, NM, NV and parts of TX, although not all areas of all of
those states have soils high in magnesium.
Susan
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