On Sun, Nov 25, 2007 at 09:14:18AM -0600, Raven wrote: > 3-5 liters at a time? 3 liters is 100.5 ounces. there are 128 ounces > in a gallon. if 5 liters are taken from the mare...that is alot of > blood.
humans donate by the pint (16 oz) and need to be at least 110# to do so. (i hover around there, so the figure is important to me.) an 800# pony should have no problem losing around 100 oz. as a vet once put it to me when i was freaking out, "your horse can lose enough blood to paint your barn before it becomes a problem". just sayin'. i still have no idea about the veracity of this story. --vicka ps. on another front, i have had two people who have lived in iceland confirm the feeding fish/fish-oil story. apparently it's loaded with nutrition, which icelandic winter pasture grass is not. in the usa it is probably cheaper to obtain flax oil or somesuch for similar goodness for coat and hooves and heart and connective tissue.
