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<< I am all for nutritionally supporting performance horses of any
discipline to keep them in an anabolic vs. catabolic state. Seems to me
that if you're going to go through all the trouble of conditioning the
buggers, giving them the raw materials they need to build appropriate
tissue is a fairly logical thing to do. But I also think that part of
smart management is providing nutritional support without compromising
any other part of the whole package. There are some supplements or
feeds with a few disadvantages that I would be willing to ignore if it
meant a big benefit in some area of performance. But, especially if
gamma oryzanol is available elsewhere, I don't think rice bran is worth
it in the long run. >>
Thanks, Susan, that was an excellent review paper. One thing to remember,
though , is that virtually every horse comes up with a problem now and again,
and nutritional attack is more often than not a safer approach than the
needle. Gamma oryzanol, no matter the form of delivery, can make a huge
difference in a horse that seems to be fading away--of course, you'll also
want to find the actual cause of the problem and eliminate it. Sometimes
that's tough--idiopathic--the idiot can't find it..
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