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Posted on Wednesday, Jul 5, 2000 - 6:07 pm:

Where would I find out about the different types of supplements and what they do? For example, a horse that I am considering purchasing is on Biotin, Strongid C and Stress-dex (not sure about spellings). Is there a listing similar to the medications listing that is posted here?

Posted on Thursday, Jul 6, 2000 - 6:59 am:

If you cannot find them on the mediation menus try looking in the articles that pertain to the medications usefulness. For instance Strongid is a dewormer so The Horseman's Advisor: Care for Horses: General Care: Deworming and Parasite Control would make sense.

Biotin is used to improve hoof wall horn so: The Horseman's Advisor: Care for Horses: Hoof Care: Overview of Care of the Hoof. I am not sure what stress dex is.
DrO

Posted on Thursday, Jul 6, 2000 - 7:03 am:

Oh I almost forgot we do have an article that generally has information on the latest supplements and fads: The Horseman's Advisor: Care for Horses: Nutrition: Current Concepts in Nutrition. Though it seems to have been a while that I have had to debunk a nutrition fad.
DrO

Posted on Thursday, Jul 6, 2000 - 11:40 am:

Nancy - as Dr O indicated, Biotin is to build stong hoof matter, and Strongid-C is a daily wormer. Stress-dex is, I think, an electrolyte. You would want to ask the current owner why the Biotin and Stress-dex. Some people feed those without any real reason, just 'cause they think it helps. Seems to be a waste of money if there isn't a particular reason. Regarding the daily wormer, you'll just have to decide if that fits your program. I don't like it, personally, but prefer the "traditional" paste wormers on a regular cycle.

There are lots of sites that contain supplements for sale that you can look through - here are some:
https://www.kvvet.com
https://www.valleyvet.com
https://www.unitedvetequine.com

Posted on Saturday, Sep 1, 2001 - 7:36 pm:

We have a 1 month old foal that has pneumonia. The cause appears that mineral oil we gave him using a syringe was asperated. We were told that we should have put something else in with the oil to give it taste. He is on numerous amounts of antibotics. Is there anything else we can do? His fever runs between normal and 105 degrees.

Marchetta McLendon
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