Re: [RC] Beet pulp and cigarettes (now colics) - Sisu West Ranch
"...Is it because horses have now lost the natural ability to
fend off parasites .."
I suspect that in the "good ole' days" there were
very few 25 year old horses still being worked hard and healthy to
boot.
We have a bunch of "expert" outfitters here in the
Bitterroot who still only worm yearly, if at all. They claim their stock
lives long lives, but for some reason they are always riding and packing young,
inexperienced horses and mules.
By the way, the number of generations of horses
between the "good ole' days" and today is not nearly enough for evolution to
make a big change in basic things like resistance to
parasites.
Ed
Ed & Wendy Hauser 2994 Mittower
Road Victor, MT 59875
