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Caro23
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 Posted - 26 Sep 2013 : 1:17:42 PM
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| Dulcie turns into a loon if I feed her Alfalfa - especially SS! |
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ella
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 26 Sep 2013 : 2:55:04 PM
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Could it be a pest/parasite problem?
Onchocerciasis (a type of threadworm) can cause facial itching, both when the horse has an active infection & after worming with ivermectin/moxidectin if large numbers die off at once.
Ringworm can be very itchy too, & of course the bites of the squillions of midges & many different flies at this time of year. |
   
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NatH
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Posted - 26 Sep 2013 : 4:23:48 PM
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Certainly not Ella
Wormed & wormed counted regularly.
Not ringworm or mange had skin scrapings done. All negative. |
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polly
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Posted - 26 Sep 2013 : 8:50:18 PM
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| There is also a connection between Alfalfa and the protein present in too high quantity....can be linked to Urethral Rents. This is commonly seen in Arab and Standardbred stallions....it may happen in geldings but as we don't examine their sperm under a microscope Hb is only ever detected in stallions. This happened to my boy after I altered his diet to SS. This was treated, following a camera to diagnose, by surgically opening the urethra under the anus ,so he pee'ed like a mere for a few weeks ,giving the rent/tear time to heal... sadly ,as he was double barreling thee walls to get away from the pain, he was found to have damaged both hocks in the year following recovery and was retired then PTS. is it the lucerne/the way it is presented and fed..? either way some horses are sensitive to it thats for sure. |
   
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alistair leslie
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Posted - 28 Sep 2013 : 11:13:15 AM
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The gardener who has taken all my manure has found that alfalfa is sprayed with chemicals that pass through the horse and stay in the manure then kill plants
Has anyone else had this?
maybe this is why horses itch sometimes? |
    
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barbara.gregory
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Posted - 29 Sep 2013 : 11:42:29 AM
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Yes, it a hormone type weed killer, makes the weeds grow too fast, stems can't support the growth and they wilt and die. The weedkiller then passes through the horse unchanged when they eat anything that is coated with it, passes out in the droppings and does the same to your veggies in your allotment! That is what a farmer told me, not very scientific, but as I don't know the name of the weedkiller I can't look it up.
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Allergy to Alfalfa/Lucerne?
