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casualdust07 Reg. Mar 2005	Posted 2019-01-03 11:33 AM Subject: RE: Soy..........
You get what you give Posts: 13030 Location: Texas	I have zero problem in anyone trying to feed soy free if they know their horse has an issue with it. But for the general population of normal horses, I don't think it's this monster food.
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winwillows Reg. Jul 2013	Posted 2019-01-03 1:19 PM Subject: RE: Soy..........
Expert Posts: 1694 Location: Willows, CA	Soy is not an issue, unless it is. If your horse has no sensitivity to soy that is fine. Most horses don't. The ones that are sensitive to soy (often times not identified) can be very sensitive to it. Soy is high in quality protein and cheap. That makes it an attractive ingredient for formulators who are trying to make feed that hits certain protein levels for the least cost possible. Once again, if your horse is not sensitive to soy that is fine. I don't use soy in any horse diets that I do. There are enough who do not tolerate it that it just makes sense to me not to use it. I also prefer not to use corn or wheat. We deal with enough horses across the country that avoiding potential issues just makes sense to me. I know a lot, and I mean a lot, of horses that have eaten feeds with soy their whole lives with no issues. Most get along, some don't.
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TheOldGrayMare Reg. Nov 2009	Posted 2019-01-04 11:58 AM Subject: RE: Soy..........
Expert Posts: 4625 Location: Desert Land	I have several horses that have tested allergic to soy. I fed them all the same thing and a couple of mares just didn't look as good and 1 mare specifically just became odd and had always been such a sweet mare and very predictable. She started losing weight, didn't want to be caught and just wasnt herself. The more grain I poured her the worse she looked. After ruling out dental issues and ulcers we did an allergy panel on her and sure enough she was allergic to several things in the grain I was feeding including soy. I started feeding hay only and a free choice mineral and my horses have never looked better! It was almost impossible to find a commercially available feed that is soy free. Renew Gold and Max-E-Glo are the only soy free rice bran based feed I could find and Triple Crown makes 1 line of soy free grain as well but I couldnt find anyone around here that carried it or would order it for me.
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cutnrunqhmt Reg. Oct 2010	Posted 2019-01-04 2:33 PM Subject: RE: Soy..........
Expert Posts: 2258	TheOldGrayMare - 2019-01-04 11:58 AM I have several horses that have tested allergic to soy. I fed them all the same thing and a couple of mares just didn't look as good and 1 mare specifically just became odd and had always been such a sweet mare and very predictable. She started losing weight, didn't want to be caught and just wasnt herself. The more grain I poured her the worse she looked. After ruling out dental issues and ulcers we did an allergy panel on her and sure enough she was allergic to several things in the grain I was feeding including soy. I started feeding hay only and a free choice mineral and my horses have never looked better! It was almost impossible to find a commercially available feed that is soy free. Renew Gold and Max-E-Glo are the only soy free rice bran based feed I could find and Triple Crown makes 1 line of soy free grain as well but I couldnt find anyone around here that carried it or would order it for me. I started making my own feed just because it was so hard to find soy free anything and I live in an area that only carried about 3 brands of feed or a local dirty mill .
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