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angelarab
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 Posted - 12 Feb 2010 : 8:41:28 PM
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To help me with my studies have you had to deal and treat this, what feed changes did you make if any? All thought welcome
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 "Until one has loved an animal, part of their soul remains unawakened."
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LesleyA
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Scotland
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Posted - 12 Feb 2010 : 8:51:38 PM
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| My daughter's event mare suffered this and we always put electrolytes in her water before an event and she was also given a paste when she finished her cross country round. She never had another attack doing this. |
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Pauline
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England
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Posted - 12 Feb 2010 : 9:31:01 PM
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I have had three horses tye-up.
Two through stress and one because of Stress away from home and not drinking which ended in dehydration
The 2 that had a stress problem were treated with bute but nothing else.I added Vitamin E and Selenium to their feeds during the summer and that seems to have sorted it. This happened three years and four years ago. I did not change their diet.
The third horse that had dehydration was give some fliuds at the event (Endurance )and has not had a problem since.Again we have not changed his diet. The only thing we do is make sure his feeds are very wet so he takes in more fluid. We make our own Horsequench drink when at events
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Pauline Higgs
Equine & Human Holistic Therapist
www.thegentlestouch.co.cc
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Fran E
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Posted - 12 Feb 2010 : 9:57:29 PM
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I personally haven't had a problem but a close friend has a french bred Tbx that she competes xcountry. He was fed a diet rich in cereal etc, he very nearly died with a case of azoturia (literally to the point where the vet told her had she delayed calling him any longer he would've arrived too late) he is now fed 'Saracen Re-leve' a totally cereal free mix (incidentally horses really love this stuff), unlike other supposedly cereal free that actually contain wheat or barley straw! this really is totally cereal free.He has never had another inident of azoturia as competes regularly. Hope this helps your research.
On a different note re feed my mare Majik has been on re-leve since it was launched due to a cereal allergy -she used to come out in hives and scratch herself raw to the point where she was beside herself- on veterinary advice taking her off all cereals cured it but left the dilemma what to feed her ( she was in very hard work at the time so needed more than hay), initially she had unmollassed beet, alpha and a cereal free feed balancer, then i saw an ad for re-leve emailed saracen who sent a very generous sample and we have used it ever since in fact Saracen believe that majik's foal phoebe is the 1st to be bred born n raised on it!! and if I say so myself -she aint doing bad!! |
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RiffRaff
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Posted - 12 Feb 2010 : 10:28:02 PM
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Had two horses get azoturia for two completly different reasons. The first one was my gelding we ran out of the nuts we fed him and went to the local store to buy some more they were sold out so bought another brand as was told it was the same nut just different name, this was my first horse and didnt know a great deal then so believed them. Looking back i know now that this feed was no where near the same and had a lot higher protein swapped him straight onto it and he tied up a few days later started riding him and he didnt feel right luckily was only in the school and another person recognised it so no damage done. It being an old fashioned thing the vet told me to feed bran and always did after that alongside limestone powder and never changed feed without gradually introducing it! Fingers crossed that has been his only attack and that was nearly 12 years ago.
The other episode was my other halfs mare who when she was younger was only fed a cereal diet the owner believed that if she fed light food then it wouldnt affect her colour so wasnt a well balanced diet. Also it was around the time her hormones kicked in and there is a link to that in young fillies apparently more so in thoroughbreds. Anyway she had one episode and we fed her something that was made up by a herbalist but then nothing after that course finished. She then had another attack so we put her on selenavite which is selenium and vitamin e, we give her feed with no mollasses in and high in oil, and high fibre. We warm her up slowly if she gets hot and sweaty we make sure she doesnt get a chill and keep her quarters covered and replace any sweat loss with electrolytes as soon as possible. Touch wood she has been ok. Later on we found out that a lot of her relatives have suffered from this so could be a inherited link as well.
Gosh i miss writing essays i did a degree and my favourite essay i did was about joint supplements. Good luck would love to see a copy when you have finished x |
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janice
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 16 Feb 2010 : 10:16:08 PM
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The feed from "Simple system" has sorted my gelding's azorturia out. On this feed he really does live a normal life, it's amazing and I highly recommend it for horses who suffer this terrible syndrome. Good luck with your studies  |
you can't kid a kidder!!
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Tahir
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 16 Feb 2010 : 10:21:10 PM
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| My stallion only ever suffered tying-up once (thankfully) and it was an allergy to soya. |
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Emma Maxwell
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 17 Feb 2010 : 08:17:10 AM
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| Have you found a website TheHorse.com ? you just have to register your name to get access to many articles about veterinary problems. |
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