Re: Re: Re: yogurt and horses

["Susan Garlinghouse" <suendavid@worldnet.att.net>]

> > It just seems really scary to me the idea of feeding horses yogurt (any
> form of dairy products).Somehow this just does not seem even slightly
> natural to the horses design. Think about it, do horses in their adult
life
> take in any form of dairy products in the wild other than their mother's
> milk? I would be very concerned of colicking my horse. Just a thought.
> Robyn


Well, there's actually not a whole lot about the way we manage horses these
days that really is all that natural.  Yogurt won't cause any exceptional
upset to worry about, the small amount of milk product isn't enough to be a
concern.  However, live-culture yogurts only contain one, sometimes two
strains of microbials in them, and probably do very little to benefit horse
health and maintain a hindgut microbial population.  But no problem if they
like it and you're feeding it as a treat.

Susan G