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I had a friend with a horse like this in a similar situation. No matter what 
she fed the horse it was always underweight. Then someone at her barn talked 
her into feeding Fastrack Microbials once a day in her rations. Talk about 
an overnight success. The mare bloomed and put on weight and her coat became 
sleek and shiny. Getting the extra probiotics she needed did the trick for 
this particular horse.

Jackie

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From: "Ridecamp Guest" <guest-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2006 3:43 PM
Subject: [RC] Underweight horse


> Please Reply to: Karen H. cvequine@xxxxxxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> Hello,
> I'm hoping I can get some advice from you guys for my underweight
> mare.  I bought a 10 yr. old anglo arab mare about 3 months
> ago.  She had been in a dry paddock and fed 2x/day until I bought
> her and transitioned her to pasture 24/7.
>
> She currently is pastured on 30 acres with 20 other horses and we
> feed 2 1/2 bales of alfalfa every morning.  We spread out so they
> all eat fairly peacefully, she probably gets about 2
> flakes/day.  Just about everytime I check on her
> she is either eating the alfalfa or grazing.  In addition to that
> I feed her about 6 lbs of Ultium about 4x/week.  But, she's still
> only about a 3 in body condition.
>
> I've done the following:
> vaccines
> Panacure purge
> Teeth done by equine dentist
> blanketed
> very little work (walk & trot in arena 1-2x/week)
>
> Still no weight gain, in fact she looks slightly thinner!!  Do any of you 
> have any suggestions for me?  I was hoping to have
> her in shape for a 25 miler by this spring but I'm afraid she'll
> get even thinner with any conditioning.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions!  I really like this mare otherwise -
> lots of fun to ride.
>
> Karen H.
> Oakdale, CA
>
>
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