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Re: [RC] Calcium:Phosphorus - kathy swigart - Kitley, Carrie E Civ USAF AFSPC 30 MDSS/SGSLF

The quote I posted from Susan G was a small fraction of a very lengthy
and technical article.  Sorry if I made it confusing.  :/  Thanks again
Heidi for your explanation.
~C


Susan Garlinghouse could elaborate better.  However, equine nutrition
and the appropriate way to supplement different feed stuffs for
different needs is a HUGE topic, and is very much a function of the base
forage that you use as well as the needs of the individual horse.

I doubt that there is anybody who could elaborate adequately on "what is
the best way to supplement any endurance horse" and be able to include
all the possible permutations based on the nutritional contents of
different feeds from different locations and the needs of different
horses.

However, I have a tendency to agree with James Rooney, DVM where he
stated in his 1974 book _The Lame Horse_ "It is certinaly true, as
innumerable authorities have pointed out, that we know less about the
nutritional needs of the horse than any other domestic species.  I do
not accept, however, the corollary usually presented that we do not know
how to feed horses.  Just because we do not know why we are doing
something does not necessarily mean that we are doing it wrong.  Both
man and the horse managed somehow to eveolve from the primeval slime
without any particular intellecutal understnading of what they were
doing.  I hasten to say that I am not opposed to intensive, careful
research on nutrition in horse.  When the work is done, however, I
venture to predict that gras, hay (yes even timothy), and oats will
stand untarnished in the scientific array."

Since this statement was published a lot of research has been done into
horse nutrition.  And I think he is right, after all the research is
done, grass, hay and oats are confirmed as a pretty good ration for
almost any horse.

kat
Orange County, Calif.
:)



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Carrie Kitley
30th Medical Group, Vandenberg AFB
DMLSS Database Sustainment Specialist (DSS)
CACI International Inc, www.caci.com
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