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Location: Riding Crackhead. | cranky B4 10am - 2015-03-24 1:26 PM I am switching from nutrena to renew gold. But my old mare is not doing so good on it, so I am adding purina senior for her. And now I see purina is not 100% ionophore free.... darn it, not a whole lot of choice around here..... 
As far as Purina goes find out where yours is made. If you notice in an above post one person thought it wasn't but another said they were on completely different lines than the cattle feed. Do your research. I did and found my old feed was from a medicated feed facility where they "flushed the system" yeah right. The Purina I get comes from a facility where no medicated feed is milled. |
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | CYA Ranch - 2015-03-25 10:04 PM cranky B4 10am - 2015-03-24 1:26 PM I am switching from nutrena to renew gold. But my old mare is not doing so good on it, so I am adding purina senior for her. And now I see purina is not 100% ionophore free.... darn it, not a whole lot of choice around here.....
I agree. I'm just not buying the segregrated mills because money is money and if they were low on a feed I sure can't seeing a big company like Purina not using what is at there fingertips. I just don't trust the New American Worker as we all know that many don't give a crap and have no work ethic. |
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Location: CTX | CYA Ranch - 2015-03-25 10:04 PM cranky B4 10am - 2015-03-24 1:26 PM I am switching from nutrena to renew gold. But my old mare is not doing so good on it, so I am adding purina senior for her. And now I see purina is not 100% ionophore free.... darn it, not a whole lot of choice around here.....
Thanks, I will find out where it is milled.
The last thing I need is my baby getting sick, or worse.... |
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Location: Here | CYA Ranch - 2015-03-25 10:04 PM cranky B4 10am - 2015-03-24 1:26 PM I am switching from nutrena to renew gold. But my old mare is not doing so good on it, so I am adding purina senior for her. And now I see purina is not 100% ionophore free.... darn it, not a whole lot of choice around here.....
Thank you CYA. how sad |
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | Itsme - 2015-03-25 11:43 PM Anyone know about Purina delivered to Colo?
Call you local Purina dealer and start asking questions. You can rip off a tag and get the code off there too. Make phone calls or stop in and ask. |
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| Nevertooold - 2015-03-25 10:39 PM CYA Ranch - 2015-03-25 10:04 PM cranky B4 10am - 2015-03-24 1:26 PM I am switching from nutrena to renew gold. But my old mare is not doing so good on it, so I am adding purina senior for her. And now I see purina is not 100% ionophore free.... darn it, not a whole lot of choice around here.....
That is a mighty brush to paint the New American Worker with. I think it is an issue of leadership. Many of these mill workers dont even own an animal. When it comes to say the bone meal being used, you need to consider a fixed formula feed versus a fixed cost feed. It is easy to tell when you see the ingredients on the tag. Fixed formula will elimiate random ingredients. Fixed cost may add cotton seed hulls instead of soy bean hulls for example. And while the feed still tests for spec on label ie 14% protein and 5% fat, the horse may notice the taste or the change may cause stomach distress although it is not meds causing this issue.
I suggest you visit any of these facilities in question if at all possible and educate yourself on what to look for. Two seperate lines may not be as segregated as it sounds. Many of the mills I have visited have bins that run to these lines. So if they use the wrong bin ingredients on the line then guess what? That line becomes tainted.
But when it comes to the ingredients the state departments test the bags randomly to match specs. What they dont test for are meds.
I also think it is a hot button issue right now and like EPM we are blaming all issues on bad feed. That may or may not be the case. I think the lesson to learn here is choose a ionophore free mill and test your feed if you ever have a sick animal because here is another fact. Just because a mill doesnt use ionophores does not mean they did not receive bad ingredients like toxic corn and therefore cause your animal to be ill.
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