Re: Bloodwork Results

["Susan Garlinghouse" <suendavid@worldnet.att.net>]

According to Merck and/or Lewis, normal ranges for horses are
 Se .9 - 3.0 mg/dl
Copper .7 - 1.5 mg/l
Ca 1.04 - 1.34 mg/l
Phosphorus .23 - .54 mg/l

Hope this helps. :-)

Susan Garlinghouse

----- Original Message -----
From: Julia Thom <thomlabs@netbistro.com>
To: Ridecamp <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 7:38 PM
Subject: RC: Bloodwork Results


> I had blood pulled on my mare because 2 yrs ago
> she was selenium and calcium deficient.  I want to
> breed her and wanted to be sure her levels were good.
> This mare is on a good supplement, good hay and alfalfa
> cubes plus grain.
>
> The test results came back as follows:  Sel          1.38
>                                                                     Copper
> .51
>
Calcium
> 9.5
>                                                                     Phos
> 2.3
> My vet said all levels are marginally low except copper
> is quite low.   My vet has a supplement that will help with
> getting these levels up that is a little better then the one
> I have been using for the last two years.
>
> Where would one find out what normal levels are?
>
> Thanks
> Julia
>
>
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