Re: Selenium

[Maggie Mieske <mmieske@netonecom.net>]

Thanks for the advice, Lovell.  I am concerned and that is why I am trying to get
some specific information... hopefully, I will eventually get it all together,
understand it and be able to implement it into my feeding program in such a way
that it will benefit my horses and improve their performance and MY peace of
mind!!  Thanks!
Maggie

Zaronica@aol.com wrote:

> In this day and age you must really be observant on the amounts of selenium
> you really are feeding.  I live in one of the few places that has lots of
> selenium so I have become very aware of all the places well meaning feed
> persons are slipping it into everything.  BEFORE YOU BUY anything from grain
> mixes, all supplements I have found, things like Red Cell, read the labels.  I
> do not remember exactly what the toxic level is but Selenium is measured in
> PPM (parts per million). Perhaps one of our Nutrition Experts will come on and
> fill this figure in as well as formula for adding all the amounts of Selenium
> to find out how much you are feeding.  I have seen the toxic results and have
> even had my hay tested.  I have gone to mixing my own grain using in equal
> parts oats, corn, barley and alfalfa pellets and boy do I watch any supplement
> someone tries to sell me.  Just a little tip as sometimes we tend to feed more
> than one supplement, vitamin, mineral mix and as we all know horses will self
> destruct for the simplest reasons.  Lovell