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Christine C. Mills (Chrism)
| | Posted on Tuesday, Mar 6, 2001 - 5:23 pm: |   |
Recently, I read of 3 situations where horses were exhibiting excessive itching behavior (mane, tail, etc.) and it was resolved when their diets were adjusted to remove all soy. The horse's itching was viewed as bug related as it was seasonal.
However, the person discovered the reaction to soy by first putting the horses on "bland diets" (hay, pasture) and then gradually adding oats, supplementsm etc. Anything with soy triggered the reaction ...
I'm looking for any additional comfirmation that horses could have food allergies.
Thanks. |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM (Dro)
| | Posted on Wednesday, Mar 7, 2001 - 8:42 am: | |
Hello Chris,
Though hive like reactions including itching to foods, particularly high protein foods, have been reported by individuals, there has been no confirmation that this indeed occurs and what the frequnecy might be in the horse population. I have seen some overseas publications flatly state it occurs and you can even test for it using intradermal testing but cannot find any justification for these unreferenced statements. About all you can do to test the hypothesis is to change items in the diet, similar to what you describe above, and see if you get results. I am not sure how long you will have to remove exposure before results are seen. I am mildly allergic to some "yeast" products and my itchyness occurs within minutes of ingestion and is gone in 12 hours.
DrO |
USHO
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Username: kamibroo
Post Number: 35
Registered: 6-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, Dec 29, 2007 - 3:58 pm: | |
I know this is an old thread, but i'm researching soy allergy. I put a horse in training on a higher protein feed. The feed included soy bean meal and the old feed did not. His first feeding of the new feed was at 4pm on Wed. By 4pm on Thur he was massivly covered in hives (entire neck, chest, rump). It took another day to weed it out, but his last soy was at 8am on Fri. It is now 4pm on Sat and most of his hives are now gone. Given the response and that the feed ingredient was the only new thing, we are treating him as allergic to soy. |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM
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Username: dro
Post Number: 19771
Registered: 1-1997
| | Posted on Sunday, Dec 30, 2007 - 8:11 am: | |
Hello USHO,
If you will post this as a new thread you will get more and quicker responses. This is a good area for the posting just go up one page by clicking of Food Allergies in Equines off the navigation bar above and then click Start a New Discussion.
DrO |
USHO
Member
Username: kamibroo
Post Number: 36
Registered: 6-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, Dec 30, 2007 - 8:11 pm: | |
Thanks for the input. I wasn't really asking any question, just responding to the thread that had already taken place. I'm blessed to have never delt with allergies before, so was just generally researching their symptoms, etc. This horse is now 2 days without the soy (and no other changes in diet) and the hives are completely gone. |
