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Discussion on Excessive calcium from eating off of limestone flooring
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Posted on Saturday, Nov 24, 2001 - 11:35 am:
My horses have a run in shelter with a limestone dust floor. If they eat off of this flooring can they get a harmful amount of calcium from the limestone?
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Posted on Monday, Dec 3, 2001 - 9:28 am:
Possible but not likely. Why not feed in mangers and troughs to be sure you do not have a problem.
DrO
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Posted on Thursday, Dec 6, 2001 - 10:14 pm:
They are fed grain in buckets and hay in troughs, but some of the hay gets pulled out of the trough and they are both messy eaters who spill a lot of their grain and have to comb the ground afterwards to pick up crumbs. You don't see this as a problem?
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Posted on Friday, Dec 7, 2001 - 7:50 am:
Since we do not know how much they are getting with the contaminated feed I cannot know for sure. Limestone is used as a feed additive to balance calcium and phosphorous. However not all limestone is the same and differes in Ca, Phos, and Mg content. You could hypothesize they might be getting either excessive amounts or incorrect amounts of these nutrients that might result in disease. I just have never heard of such a case.
DrO
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