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Cubes are different than pellets.  Does not take as much heat to 'make'
cubes as pellets.  Plus the beetles could have gotten into the cubes AFTER
they were processed.

Bonnie Davis


----- Original Message -----
From: "Laurie Durgin" <ladurgin@xxxxxxx>
To: <horsecamping@xxxxxxxxx>; <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
<lif@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 8:11 PM
Subject: Re: [RC] Alfalfa Pellets


> I read about a barn that got a bag of alphlfa cubes that had blister
beetles
> in them and some horses died.It was in Horse Illustrated or something last
> year.
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> > From: "Bonnie Davis" <horsecamping@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,"Lif Strand" <lif@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Re: [RC]   Alfalfa Pellets
> > Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2003 19:24:44 -0800
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> > There probably have been blister beetles in alfalfa used for pelleting
> > already.  But pelleting 'kills' the bugs and then they're ground up,
heated
> > and in the pelleting process the heating process for pelleting reaches a
> > 180
> > degrees and hotter.  Not much 'bug' left by then.....
> >
> > Bonnie Davis
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Lif Strand" <lif@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 3:08 PM
> > Subject: Re: [RC] Alfalfa Pellets
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> > > I am curious what the possibility is of blister beetles getting in
> > alfalfa
> > > being used for pelleting.  Has this ever happened?  Could it happen?
If
> > > not, why not?
> > >         _________________________________________________
> > >             Lif Strand * Quemado NM USA * www.fasterhorses.com
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