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By Heather Smith Thomas
Mar 21, 2017
Despite all the science-backed suggestions about feeding alfalfa, it remains a misunderstood forage. The following are a few misconceptions worth clarifying.
Myth: An alfalfa-rich diet causes kidney problems.
“A normal, healthy horse can metabolize and excrete the extra protein in alfalfa just fine, if the horse has adequate water,” says Ray Smith, PhD, forage extension specialist at the University of Kentucky, in Lexington. Horses with kidney disease shouldn’t consume a high-protein diet (such as alfalfa), but the alfalfa itself won’t cause kidney disease...
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http://www.thehorse.com/articles/38962/4-misconceptions-about-alfalfa?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=reader-favorites&utm_campaign=03-24-2017
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