RE: [RC] quarter horse neck - LaBrake, Denise AInteresting, I wonder if my arab would munch on dates? I have a cookie I make during the Holidays and I usually freeze some dates. I will try to see if she will eat them. -----Original Message----- From: Maryanne Stroud Gabbani [mailto:msgabbani@xxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 12:56 AM To: LaBrake, Denise A Cc: 'Ridecamp (E-mail) Subject: Re: [RC] quarter horse neck The Middle East tends to be low in selenium, but it affects horses differently. I have a mare who MUST have a selenium supplement, and I take one too or I have permanently achy muscles. But the others are fine. Arabs in the old days lived on a diet that contained dates and dates are phenomenally rich in minerals, so that probably took care of the deficiency. Maryanne Stroud Gabbani Cairo, Egypt www.alsorat.com "The trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel too fast and you miss all you are traveling for" Louis L'Amour On Monday, Sep 13, 2004, at 23:32 Africa/Cairo, LaBrake, Denise A wrote: I heard that selenium in a horses diet is important if they are above sand pasture. We had sand in NY and one of my friends had been reading about her Arab. I do recall her mentioning reading about Arabians of their native country have to have selenium in the diet. Do some checking on it. It somehow helps the situation. I cannot remember the details of it. Anyone hear this? Denise =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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