Re: Red Cell

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"Various iron supplements, under natural feeding programs, have been
ineffective in in improving the hemoglobin or oxygen-carrying capacity of
red blood cells (Kirkham et al., 1971).

"High concentrations of supplementary iron (500 and 1000 mg/kg) fed to
ponies had no effect on feed intake, daily gain, red blood cell count,
hemoglobin concentration, packed cell volume, or serum iron, calcium,
copper and manganese (Lawrence, 1986). The higher dietary iron level,
however, depressed both serum and liver zinc."

"Excess iron is especially toxic to young animals and deaths among foals
have been attributed to oral administration of digestive inocula containing
excessive iron (Mullaney and Brown, 1988)."..."Ferrous fumarate toxscity in
a mature horse has been rported by Arnbjerg (1981)."

Duncan Fletcher
dfletche@gte.net

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> From: Bob Wilson <bobwilson@pe.net>
> To: RideCamp <ridecamp@endurance.net>
> Subject: Red Cell
> Date: Friday, June 20, 1997 8:37 AM
>
> About 6 mo. ago my retired gelding was diagnosed as anemic. I began
> using Red Cell. Shortly after I acquired a 9 yr old mare which I have
> started in endurance. Figuring red blood cells are an asset to an
> endurance horse I put her on Red Cell also. Now that the gelding's
> blood is back to normal, I am wondering if I should continue the
> endurance mare on Red Cell. Is it possible to o.d. on iron?
>

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