AERC Meds Supplement

[Cheryl Newbanks <horsetrails@inficad.com>]

Ok group, sorry this has taken so long.  The problem is that the .doc is 
too big so RC bounces it to Steph as too big a file.  Steph says she will 
put it up on endurance.net.  For those of you who wrote me for a copy I 
just emailed a copy to you all.  If I missed you please email me and let me 
know.

My BIG QUESTION IS:  Under non-permissable substances the part that reads 
"Vitamins in megadoses (as touted to alter performance rather then nutrient 
effects)."  Isn't that an oxy-moron?  I mean we give vitamins to balance 
out their feed program and that seems to alter performance to me!  I know 
if I am feeding Red Cell and put Blue up to the 2oz per day directions on 
the bottle for working horses, he gets pretty jazzed up on the stuff which 
alters his performance.  It says to do that on the label, so is this a mega 
dose or is it the required amount?  If that is the case then wouldn't we 
have to take each individual horse into consideration regardless of what 
the feeding directions are? Plus how can they test for something like that? 

Next the first item in non-permissable substances says "Any substance by 
injection..." so where does that leave the people who are using the Adequen 
monthly maintenance injectables?  I was thinking on putting Blue on this 
program for prevention and well,  now I don't know.



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