[RC] probiotics that contain milk products, such as yogurt - LTYearwood
The yogurt seems to work for pro-biotics, as I have tried it and seen
good results.
However, after seeing a post here on ridecamp about the oddity/danger of
feeding a horse something with milk in it -- the person who placed the post said
horses don't have milk in their naturl diet -- I began to do a little
research. I learned that others found it odd to give a horse something with
milk in it, too. For example, here is what Catherine Bird, author of A
Healthy Horse The Natural Way, wrote:
"Some natural heatlh practitioners recommend feeding yoghurt to a horse
with a troubled digestive sytem, to re-establish the bowel bacteria. In my
opinion, this unwise. After being weaned, a horese's gut is intolerant to milk
products. Milk products could even cause a colic episode in your horse is
particularly sensitive. Horses were never meant to drink other mammal's milk.
Goat's milk is for baby goats, cow's milk is for calves and neither are for
horses, so please avoid them.
If you suspect that your horse has depleted levels of healthy bowel
bacteria, probiotics (a live, microbial feed supplement) designed to blaance the
gut bacteria of your horse are commerically available...."
I'm not a scientist. Nor am I a vet. And like I said, yogort with
milk had wokred for me. But this above mentioned logic makes sense to
me. So I now use live probitiocs in a liquid form (they require referigation
though) that are lactose free. My horses respond very well and very quickly to
it.
Lori
I used to spend so much money on probiotics! Now I buy it at the health
food market. I
