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Iron overload in horses

lj friedman
 

I read Dr. Kellon's article, Thyroid Misconceptions in Horses.  My takeaway is that iron overload can cause low thyroid readings. I looked at my feedxl report ( I know we dont like to use feedxl because they don't help balance with proper ratios)  and it shows for Jesse's daily intake that his iron is 1748 mg per day which is 385% over RDI of 454mg RDI.  If I want to tighten up the iron, where is it coming from?  I;m thinking that an extra rinse of bp isnt going to correct all of this iron ? His diet.. mtn sunrise timothy pellets, bp 2.4#,, farriers formula ds, tc omega max flax, salt and vit e and selenium  lj friedman san diego nov 2014

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Lorna Cane
 


>  If I want to tighten up the iron, where is it coming from?  I;m thinking that an extra rinse of bp isnt going to correct all of this iron ? His diet.. mtn sunrise timothy pellets, bp 2.4#,, farriers formula ds, tc omega max flax, salt and vit e and selenium 


What Dr. Kellon has said many times  is very true. Halfway measures get half way results.


The extra rinse of the beet pulp will help wrt the iron in the beet pulp.


Type Farrier's Formula and Iron into the Search Messages box, for some help with this.


Every seemingly little step we can take to correct imbalances for our horses is worthwhile.



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lj friedman
 

When I first met Susan and she came to where I was boarding to see Jesse, she mentioned that farriers formula had some decent nutrients and I started using it , at that same time I was considering using It for my other horse as it was recommended from his Ferrier. Today I dropped the farriers formula from Jesse's supplements and I am doing even better with the beet pulp.so for sure I can always do better. But that was the reason why I used the ff. Because it was suggested from Susan who helped me locally. I sent this to you privately because, you know.

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Kathleen Gustafson
 

And you dropped it because...?

Pelleted products, when tested often come back with very high iron figures because of the cutting, chopping, extruding process using metal blades and iron oxide in the clay binders used to make pellets. The real question is whether this is a particularly bioavailable form of iron for the horse and the general consensus, when compared to other forms of iron, is that it is not.

Use of Farrier's Formula or other similar products is a common recommendation when people either can't or won't have a custom supplement made. 

Kathleen (KFG in KCMO)
Missouri - USA Dec 2005


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