Strange Blood - Potassium

[Wendy Milner <wendy@wendy.cnd.hp.com>]

Linda B. Merims
>The *same* elevated potassium level showed up.
>He has a free choice mineral salt block in his
                      ^^^^^^^
>stall that he consumes only slowly, and has not received any electrolyte
>supplementation during the period of these tests.

This raised a flag for me.  While having a mineral block is nice,
having a plain salt block is necessary.  Try adding just the white
salt block, or free choice loose salt, to his diet.  If you see
him eating a lot of the salt, you may have solved your mystery.

--
Wendy

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