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> If a holistic compound is okay (not a drug) as long as you are not
> treating  a "disease", how about giving every horse a dose of bute
> BEFORE they're  lame. I'm not treating an existing lameness, I'm just
> promoting continued  soundness, so that's okay, right?
> There is no way to make this rule any more clear, someone will always
> have a  "yeah, but".
Nancy, a chiropractor who treated me several years ago brought me up short
when he said, "Heidi, you DON'T have an aspirin deficiency!"  His point
underscored the difference between a drug and a foodstuff, as the
differentiation is made in the AERC rule.

If my diet should normally include bute, then giving some would be
addressing a deficiency.  But my diet need not normally contain bute.  If
my diet should normally include selenium, but it does not, then giving
selenium IS addressing a deficiency.

So my question regarding the herbal remedies is this--must the diet of a
normal horse include this specific substance?  If the answer is no, then
the substance is a violation of the AERC drug rule.  If the answer is yes,
then amounts needed to bring the diet up to needed levels are allowed--but
amounts in excess of that are not.

How much more simple does it need to be?

Heidi



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