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| GLP - 2015-02-03 9:08 AM
So Nutrena states they are monensin free but is monensin just one kind of ionophore or is it just the common name?
Monensin is just one kind of ionophore. There are others. Bovatec comes to mind |
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Location: Florida.. | http://www.ratemyhorsepro.com/news/lab-adm-equine-feed-contaminated-in-alabama.aspx
The lab tested two lots of ADM Patriot Performance 12-10 and ADM Patriot Junior that he had purchased last week. The lab results show Patriot Performance lot GA36414 contains .094 g/ton of monensin; lot GA35714 has 1.2 g/ton monensin; and Patriot Junior lot GA34514 contains .43 g/ton. Palmer is waiting for results from additional samples.According to lab results, ADM Patriot Performance, ADM Patriot Junior, and ADM Alliance Nutrition 12% have tested positive for monensin. The test results come from three farms in three different states – South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama. The feed was produced at a mill in Cordele, Georgia.
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| Does anyone have a rough idea of what testing the feed costs? Is it prohibitive? |
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I just read the headlines
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| bennie1 - 2015-02-03 9:42 AM
GLP - 2015-02-03 9:08 AM
So Nutrena states they are monensin free but is monensin just one kind of ionophore or is it just the common name?
Monensin is just one kind of ionophore. There are others. Bovatec comes to mind
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Location: In The Land of Cotton | I never did put on here my experience. I did not want to stir the pot.and had restrained from posting. I did put on Fb pictures of and people's thoughts on the contaminated feed that I had in my bin from the above mentioned lot numbers. I have a pallet with the same lot numbers - actually started with the 40 bags. I had a horse colic after being fed that same lot number too. A mare that had never been sick in the 18 years that I have owned her.
I too am extremely disappointed in the way ADm has handled this. Yes, they did come to my home and take samples. Their explanation of the contamination that was visual was that it was I believe power glo. I went with that. However, now that this other farm not 60 miles from me and with the same lot numbers experienced the same problems, I am done with ADM. I love the feed. I love the fact that I don't have to feed much and that my horses look great on it. I love my sales people and how they have tried to help me. I hate the quality control at ADM and the fact that they believe their sh........... doesn't stink. (Not the local man, just corporate).
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Location: Kentucky | Anyone check with Triple Crown Feeds? |
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Location: In The Land of Cotton | Murphy - 2015-02-03 10:49 AM Anyone check with Triple Crown Feeds?
I have sent them an email asking - but have received no answer. |
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Rad Dork
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Location: Oklahoma | Anyone know about Renew Gold? |
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Location: Kentucky | 3canstorun - 2015-02-03 10:50 AM Murphy - 2015-02-03 10:49 AM Anyone check with Triple Crown Feeds? I have sent them an email asking - but have received no answer.
The mill that is closest to me (Kentucky) is rumensin free, according to a rep from TC. Is that the same thing? |
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Location: Washington | Purina states that they use different mills for there cattle and horse feed. |
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| 3canstorun - 2015-02-03 7:50 AM
Murphy - 2015-02-03 10:49 AM Anyone check with Triple Crown Feeds?
I have sent them an email asking - but have received no answer.
I dont think triple crown makes livestock feed ? Just equine correct? |
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| Murphy - 2015-02-03 10:02 AM
3canstorun - 2015-02-03 10:50 AM Murphy - 2015-02-03 10:49 AM Anyone check with Triple Crown Feeds? I have sent them an email asking - but have received no answer.
Rumensin is the 'brand name'. The active ingredient is monensin |
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Location: Kentucky | bennie1 - 2015-02-03 11:09 AM Murphy - 2015-02-03 10:02 AM 3canstorun - 2015-02-03 10:50 AM Murphy - 2015-02-03 10:49 AM Anyone check with Triple Crown Feeds? I have sent them an email asking - but have received no answer. Rumensin is the 'brand name'. The active ingredient is monensin
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Location: In The Land of Cotton | FLITASTIC - 2015-02-03 11:05 AM 3canstorun - 2015-02-03 7:50 AM Murphy - 2015-02-03 10:49 AM Anyone check with Triple Crown Feeds? I have sent them an email asking - but have received no answer. I dont think triple crown makes livestock feed ? Just equine correct?
Yes, they do - it is a livestock feed, which is on their web page. However, I do not know if it is made in the same facilities as horse feeds. |
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Warmblood with Wings
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Location: Florida.. | Murphy - 2015-02-03 11:02 AM 3canstorun - 2015-02-03 10:50 AM Murphy - 2015-02-03 10:49 AM Anyone check with Triple Crown Feeds? I have sent them an email asking - but have received no answer.
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Location: In my own world | I feed Strategy Healthy Edge (gasp!). I live in central MO and am happy to report that my feed comes the St. Joe plant and it is an ion free facility |
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Location: Got Lobsta? | I just spoke to Kent Feeds - I feed Sentinel LS - he said is chemical free!! Thanks so much for sharing this info!
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Location: Beggs, OK | SG. - 2015-02-03 6:48 AM Please share if you know of other monensin free mills. I am nervous about Adm's response to the deaths in Florida.
That's exactly right...ADM's response is excluding the possibility of trace amounts being found in their feed. There are manufacturer's claiming that trace amounts of Monensin is not toxic to horses. This is blatantly untrue and misleading. Trace amounts are not toxic to "most" horses....Who on here wants to play Russian Roulette with their horses health or lives for that mattter?
Theoretically any horse that has been exposed to Monensin should never be ridden again, much less return to competition due to the possibility of heart failure. |
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| I feed the Nutrena Special Care and the Senior, but they also have feed for cattle. |
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I just read the headlines
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| If you are feeding just oats or some other cereal grain would it come into contact with the ionophores at the feed mill? I have no education on the processing of feeds. I see I need to educate myself now. I don't currently feed any grains, just timothy/alfalfa pellets and Renew Gold, but once we start competing, if I needed to I was going to add a little oats to his ration. |
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