Alergic To Alfalfa??

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IRunOnFaith Reg. Dec 2009	Posted 2014-02-05 10:33 PM Subject: Alergic To Alfalfa??
Expert Posts: 3815 Location: The best kept secret in TX	To all the BBs Still awake/bored/or browsing... Has anyone ever had a horse that was allergic to alfalfa? I recently found out My Gelding(7yrs) is allergic to it. It makes him shrivel up like a raisin and makes him lethargic. It takes him months to get over even just one square of It... Any Stories or explanations would be greatly appreciated. Thanks guys!!
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IRunOnFaith Reg. Dec 2009	Posted 2014-02-05 11:19 PM Subject: RE: Alergic To Alfalfa??
Expert Posts: 3815 Location: The best kept secret in TX	Got a Private Message about the possibility of Blister Beatles... How can you tell the difference? I know for a fact He's allergic... Well... Vet said so... Not saying it can't be Beetles... But how do I tell???
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livinonlove&horses Reg. Jun 2008	Posted 2014-02-06 7:53 AM Subject: RE: Alergic To Alfalfa??
Ms. Poutability Posts: 2362 Location: In my own world	Try feeding him some soaked alfalfa cubes and see what his reaction is
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uno-dos-tres! Reg. Jul 2004	Posted 2014-02-06 8:32 AM Subject: RE: Alergic To Alfalfa??
Expert Posts: 4766 Location: Bandera, TX	FYI we have had several loads of alfalfa in our area of TX with beetles and in fact several horses have died.
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batkitty Reg. Jul 2008	Posted 2014-02-06 9:17 AM Subject: RE: Alergic To Alfalfa??
Extreme Veteran Posts: 352 Location: Texas	We had a horse allergic to alfalfa. He got horrible itchy spots on him and just lost his energy. Fortunately he was not too terribly allergic so we pulled the alfalfa and changed his feed. He regained his energy and still kept getting the itchy spots. Turns out he was allergic to all kinds of pollen too. The vet said that he may have not gotten that bad but the alfalfa allergy then allowed the other to manifest worse. He was on allergy shots for 4 years. Then his owners/friends of ours that bought him from us moved him to Germany and no more pollen issues. Good luck!
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Linda D Reg. Jan 2007	Posted 2014-02-06 9:23 AM Subject: RE: Alergic To Alfalfa??
Been Blessed Posts: 7587 Location: Living in my Promised Land	I had a gelding that had multiple allergies and alfalfa was one of them.
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winwillows Reg. Jul 2013	Posted 2014-02-06 6:39 PM Subject: RE: Alergic To Alfalfa??
Expert Posts: 1694 Location: Willows, CA	If you have a blister beetle response there is little doubt. Part of one beetle can kill a horse.
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