Purina Horse Feed

[OwlLover]

Today I went down to my feedstore. Me and this woman started chatting; apparently her horses' stomach had exploded because she was feeding her horses a crummy feed.

She told me that she contacted Purina about it, and supposedly they're investigating it. I read somewhere on an Equine Website that a specific brand of Purina feed had been recalled... but I can't remember. Anyhow, creepy

Keep your eye on the Equine websites and perhaps even the news. Maybe this will effect more horses. Hope not

 

[Avalon1984]

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I heard something similar but don't remember the type either. I buy my grain from a local feed mill and was never disappointed there.

 

[Mendin Fences]

Is this the feed they were talking about? http://www.examiner.com/frugal-living-in-medford/food-recall-purina-strategy-horse-and-poultry-feed-recalled-due-to-the-discovery-of-metal-bags

 

[OwlLover]

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The link is broken.

 

[kuntrygirl]

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The link is broken.

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[Rusty Hills Farm]

The only recalls of Strategy that I can find are dated back in April of 2010. FDA doesn't list anything more recent.

Rusty

 

[OwlLover]

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Me and this woman chatted about 2 days ago. She said that she contacted Purina 1 week ago after we talked. I doubt its enough time for the FDA to get the word out... but lets keep our fingers crossed, this might get interesting...

 

[welsummerchicks]

It might, but also keep in mind that stories get started and passed around very easily in the horse world.

Until I see a veterinarian report that confirms the story and provides necessary detail, I would be more likely to believe mismanagement killed a horse than a problem with the feed. And horse's stomachs don't really....'explode'. They can rupture, twist, intussucept, etc. But a horse need not actually rupture his gut to die of digestive upset.

We have definitely had recalls on animal and pet feeds. Mixing errors have been made at factories.

 

[OwlLover]

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Me and this woman chatted about 2 days ago. She said that she contacted Purina 1 week ago after we talked.

God knows what happened. I haven't seen what this woman has done to the horses. But I do remember a bunch of Purina feeds being recalled, and I'm pretty sure this is just another screw-up of theirs (no offense to anyone who feeds their pets Purina or their horses Strategy...) And, just to clear things up, colic actually can kill a horse.​

 

[kidcody]

How interesting that this subject has come up! Right know I'm dealing (talking to) Purina because in a couple of bags of Strategy I found little pieces of plastic about the size of a nickel/dime some pieces were in the pellets also. There was a lot of plastic in these two bags. I never fed the grain to the horses because I saw it. But I wonder if any body else didn't see it and fed it to there horses!