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Hay Analysis: 603 Trainer or 604 Equine Complete?
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Hi All!
Got our new hay and going to send to Equi-Analytical for testing. The extra components in the 604 are Lignin, Fat(ee), Ash, Cobalt, Sulfur, chloride. Is this important for a balance analysis or for IR issues? Is the 603 good enough? Thanks in advance! -- Meghan B 2022 Park City, Utah Napoleon Case History Link: https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/files/Meghan%20and%20Napoleon Napoleon Photo Link: https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/album?id=274932
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Lavinia Fiscaletti
Hi Meghan,
#603 Trainer test is fine. -- Lavinia, George Too, Calvin (PPID) and Dinky (PPID/IR) Nappi, George and Dante Over the Bridge Jan 05, RI Moderator ECIR |
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Most people go with the 603. The chloride is important if the horse is in work. The sulfur is becoming increasingly important because soil sulfur levels are dropping https://wp.me/p2WBdh-NN . I have seen some really low levels recently. You could also just supplement methionine.
-- Eleanor in PA www.drkellon.com |
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I get 603 and ask for Chloride as an add-on so I can determine baseline salt requirements.
-- Kirsten and Shaku (IR + PPID) - 2019 Kitimat, BC, Canada ECIR Group Moderator Shaku's Photo Album |
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I think a hay grower near Susanville CA may have told me that she dresses her orchard grass hay fields with something that increases the sulphur levels in the soil. Does tat sound right? Several list members in Sonoma County purchase her hay, known to me as "Sharon's Hay." It seems to test well, and my EMS Fjord horse who was formerly very fat and with very high leptin and insulin levels tests in mid ranges of those values while eating Sharon's hay from 2021 plus California Trace Plus.
-- Gail Russell 8/30/2008
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Yes, that sounds right. Sulfur is a critical nutrient for plants as detailed in the link I posted. It used to be routinely added but since pollution greatly increases sulfur from the environment it wasn't needed. With current pollution controls, it's needed again.
-- Eleanor in PA www.drkellon.com |
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