Re: RC: Re: tie ups and carbs

[Trishmare@aol.com]

Heidi, do you think that horses prone to tying up when on alfalfa diets are 
metabolically better, or worse, endurance prospects than horses who don't?  
While on the track David did tie up after workouts while on an alfalfa diet, 
but the problem was solved simply by replacing the alfalfa with grass hay.  

<< 
 BTW--the genetics group at UC Davis is doing some work on the heritability 
of 
 tying up, and I would suspect that there is a strong heritability among 
those 
 who have calcium regulation problems--this guy is related to several top 
 endurance horses who have to have careful calcium management, but more of 
 them have manifested it by thumping when out of whack rather than by tying 
up.
 
 Heidi >>

Trish & pretty David 
Grand Blanc, Michigan


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