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[RC] Magnesium Deficiency - Spring Pasture - Complications - Rides 2 FarAfter a hard ride last weekend, I had a blood panel done on my horse. Everything was normal, except he was low in magnesium. The vet said this time of year spring pastures can be low in magnesium. This weekend at Million Pines Dr. Ken Marcellas felt that several horses had problems with cramping due to an embalance of this sort...but I thought it was the other direction. I had a badly garbled tape from when I interviewed him for an article in the Chronicle...and was going to ask him to clarify. Here's what I *thought* my tape said: ...whether or not some of these horses that are out on a lush green grass like we've hd this Spring that we haven't had in years, are getting fairly high calcium/magnesium from that grass. When you give what would be normal electrolytes to these horses we end up with problems. I've seen a couple today who seem like they've almost got hyper?? (could have said hypo?) magnesium or too much calcium. snip< Ken drew blood on those horses. I'll send you his e-mail address privately and maybe the two of you can give us some insight? It seemed that some of the horses with the worst problems were on really good fertilized fields. Once again I'm vindicated for having a really scruffy churty hill pasture. >g< Angie ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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