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Discussion on Whole flax seed fed to pregnant mares?
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Dres
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Posted on Friday, Jan 10, 2003 - 2:48 pm:
i was just told that feeding flax seed to pregnant mares is harmful... something to do with the mares ''slipping'' the foal..
is this true..? if so should i be worried at this point as i have been adding this to all my horses diet for over a year, one mare is due in 7 weeks...
if it is harmful what should i be watching for, and what to do to correct it..??
thank you for any info ..
Ann
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DrO
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Posted on Saturday, Jan 11, 2003 - 8:24 am:
Here is a repeat of a post I made to a discussion from last year. Nothing has changed that I can find:
Of more interest to researchers has been the mildly estrogenic compounds found in flax seed or meal. However no work has been done on the use of these products in reproducing horses. Rats have been looked at fairly closely and so far flax is not thought to interfere with reproduction.
The prostaglandin that induces abortion is PG-F2a so probably the Pg-E1-like substance is not of any concern, but it would take research to know for sure.
Essentially Ann, we do not know but I cannot find any cliinical reports of abortions associated with the use of flax and some research that does not find a problem in other species.
DrO
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