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  Well, dang.Rascals mane grewa nd he kept it a year at mid neck. last week 
he'd lost it again (this and other horses --had pinned it down to   ;Insects 
or /and hay ring.
  I did catch him  and Honey ,who has a bald spot too,  rubbing on the barn 
doors (they are out 24/7 with shed /barn access freely. We do have 'wet 
spots' semi creek, springs on property. We do get flys, mysquitos, gnats 
etc.(using fly predators)
  Back to putting MTG on it. Again.  But I did notice these black small 
flies lately and wonder if that may be it. I of course noticed too late.
  I am thinking of using mane tamers or something , so they don't have 6" 
of mane missing forever  on neck.
  Now last year he kept and grew his mane out with almost no loss. Here is 
what I did different. He was getting Red cell, MSN, some selemium and   beta 
creotene and some C,a nd 10,000 E gels. for a while  as he was being treated 
for EPM. he had a really shiny coat .
  Now I had backed him off all but 5,000 E (misssed it onec eor twice) and 
cut the MSN to 1/2 EOD usually. He gets mainly fescue/bermuda grown in 
eastern Alabama. Maybe 2 lbs of Nutreena Compete adn  a lb. beet pulp. But 
when the grass grew this year , he needed nothing but hay and grass for a 
couple weeks.
   When flies are bad they have fly sheets, barn access and Warpaint.
So am wondering if long term mane tamers are useful-- Or if they are missing 
something in the diet----
   But it was jsut this last two weeks , so what ever it is, I am closer to 
pinning down the cause. (Vets said , maybe allergy--sweet itch, or 
hayring--they couldn't figure it out, not fungus though as they tested.)
   I also worm on 8-12 week schedule>
I am wondering is the "red cell" kept it at bay???--Something worked last 
year, as it was the first year in 3  he hadn't lost his mane--but Honey 
still lost her 6"though not as bad....

 I am thinking  something is missing in the diet, that I added that 
protected him last year ,that I cut out.WNW Georgia.

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