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| There was a recent Monensin feed problem out here in CA, near Fresno. The feed was tested and came back positive. THis is the link to a youtube video of one of the affected horses. I for one am extremely grateful for the info I have learned here about processed feeds!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVA70tuFwDA
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | Looks just like mad cow disease. How heartbreaking.
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Location: Where I am happiest | Devistating. So glad I never fell into the processed feed trap. Feed real grains God designed and you know exactly what it is when you look at it. |
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Location: Texas | Heartbreaking to watch. I too am so glad for the education I've had regarding Monensin in feeds. |
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Location: California | FLITASTIC - 2015-10-21 1:36 PM There was a recent Monensin feed problem out here in CA, near Fresno. The feed was tested and came back positive. THis is the link to a youtube video of one of the affected horses. I for one am extremely grateful for the info I have learned here about processed feeds!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVA70tuFwDA
I recently moved to Fresno area. Do you have more information? Thanks |
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| I couldn't watch it all, too heartbreaking. I just want to thank everyone on this site that worked so hard to educate us about this. |
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| This is why I want to slap people that have the attitude that it's okay to support companies that have even ONE plant out of 20 that still mills both horse feed and feed with ionophores. This video is just heart breaking. Such an unnecessary thing for any horse to have to go through |
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Location: Willows, CA | I think that there is more of this happening than people realize. Not all horses ingest enough to show this kind of response. But, even if the contamination is low, it effects the heart muscle to the point that horse can no longer function to its' potential. This failure to thrive can be slight or significant. In either case, a horse owner might not relate the effect to the real problem. |
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Location: Florida.. | dear God.. my friends had mild symptoms and colicy and heart issues. This is absolutely devastating.. we need to really do more as a industry to stop this. and yes thanks to rachael there is more info out there.. |
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| little_bug - 2015-10-21 2:57 PM
FLITASTIC - 2015-10-21 1:36 PM There was a recent Monensin feed problem out here in CA, near Fresno. The feed was tested and came back positive. THis is the link to a youtube video of one of the affected horses. I for one am extremely grateful for the info I have learned here about processed feeds!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVA70tuFwDA
Yes. Just google monensin poisoning Fresno CA and it talks all about it. Feed company and all. But over the last year there have been cases all over the country about it. |
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Location: California | FLITASTIC - 2015-10-21 4:29 PM little_bug - 2015-10-21 2:57 PM FLITASTIC - 2015-10-21 1:36 PM There was a recent Monensin feed problem out here in CA, near Fresno. The feed was tested and came back positive. THis is the link to a youtube video of one of the affected horses. I for one am extremely grateful for the info I have learned here about processed feeds!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVA70tuFwDA Yes. Just google monensin poisoning Fresno CA and it talks all about it. Feed company and all. But over the last year there have been cases all over the country about it.
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Location: Florida.. | theres a thread or 2 on here naming the brands and companies and mills.. my eventer friend was in alabama. |
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Location: Opelousas, LA | ThreeCorners - 2015-10-21 4:46 PM Devistating. So glad I never fell into the processed feed trap. Feed real grains God designed and you know exactly what it is when you look at it.
You can still have issues with straight grains if they are bagged in a mill that produces medicated feed. |
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| Barnmom - 2015-10-22 8:18 AM
ThreeCorners - 2015-10-21 4:46 PM Devistating. So glad I never fell into the processed feed trap. Feed real grains God designed and you know exactly what it is when you look at it.
You can still have issues with straight grains if they are bagged in a mill that produces medicated feed.
Yep and in Texas that makes it very hard to find straight grains that you don't have to worry about. That is why I travel 2 hours one way to buy my Omni Cubes. |
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Location: Willows, CA | Barnmom - 2015-10-22 8:18 AM
ThreeCorners - 2015-10-21 4:46 PM Devistating. So glad I never fell into the processed feed trap. Feed real grains God designed and you know exactly what it is when you look at it.
You can still have issues with straight grains if they are bagged in a mill that produces medicated feed.
This is true. Most mills have one bagging line that does everything whether it is mixed feed or straight grain. If the line is contaminated, so is whatever goes through it. In most cases, this would be less contamination than in the blender, but, this is a zero tolerance issue. |
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Location: Kentucky | I'm very glad I am a part of this group and became aware of the issues. If not, I may be feeding the same stuff I did a year ago that cause a lot of issues. |
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Location: the end of the rainbow | That is terrifying. I don't understand why anyone would think it's ok to still buy from a company that know what causes this and does not change their feed processing requirements. |
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Location: Willows, CA | The tradition of making both medicated cattle feeds and horse feeds is not unusual for many feed mills today. More so than ever based on profit generation. They do have protocols for doing this in a way that they feel is safe. The problem remains that human error is the one factor that can't be completely controlled. The only way to be 100% safe is if no medication is at the facility where horse feed is made. No matter what your protocol is, one ****ed off employee can change everything. If the medicated ingredient is on site, there is always a risk.
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Location: OKLAHOMA | This has been my fear since I first heard of the problem. One employee having a bad day or angry or not paying
attention and then huge problem. Prayers for anybody dealing with these issues. I know it makes it hard to know what to do.
Here on BHW we have had several threads talking about the issues. I know it is time consuming, but might be work the
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| winwillows - 2015-10-22 9:59 AM
The tradition of making both medicated cattle feeds and horse feeds is not unusual for many feed mills today. More so than ever based on profit generation. They do have protocols for doing this in a way that they feel is safe. The problem remains that human error is the one factor that can't be completely controlled. The only to be 100% safe is if no medication is at the facility where horse feed is made. No matter what your protocol is, one ****ed off employee can change everything. If the medicated ingredient is on site, there is always a risk.
They don't even have to be mad, they could be preoccupied or tired or just not knowledgeable about the importance of following protocol or even just plain laziness. All of these are unacceptable, but happen all the time in the work place. |
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