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Location: Oklahoma | My place has buried iron and by an old smelter. I am gonna test my soil just gonna take a few days. Anyone know how to tell if minerals are imbalanced in horses? |
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Location: Northwest Florida | Poor coats, poor hoof quality... If they have excess iron then it will disrupt their iron:copper:zinc:mg ratio and you may have to supplement.
That's something a blood panel can tell you. I'd just have some blood work done and see if there is an imbalance. Tell your vet your concerns. |
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Location: Sunny So Cal | A chemistry panel run will tell you a mineral imbalance |
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Location: IL | I had a horse hair analysis done. I'm so glad I did it. My mare had uncontrolled skin irritations, sore feet, problems with ulcer flare ups all the time. She looks much better. |
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Location: Oklahoma | I can't tell you about a mineral imbalance, but I can say that if you live in the Henryetta area, where I lived for years within 1-1/2 miles of the old smelter - my horses were always fine and grazed there with no problems, no mineral imbalances. I know some people in that area, though, claim that the land is less than safe to graze livestock on, so to be safe if I were you, I would check with a vet. |
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Location: Oklahoma | Thank You! That also is one of my next step I have appt. Thursday with a vet for another reason I plan on asking bout this too |
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How to tell if your horse has a mineral imbalance