This seems pretty far from what I usually am interested in, but I heard someones genuine experience with this and am pretty curious. I don’t necessarily have any horse in my barn that has a significant problem that isn’t solvable, but I’m curious to hear what some of you think, or if you’ve tried it.
Skeptical of the “science”.
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I’d probably consult an animal communicator before this, I’ve had proof “AC” works, but I’m very doubtful of this science.
This. Please don’t waste your money.
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Hair anaylsis is a proven science. I don’t know anything about the company listed by OP, however, I would get my horses hair analyzed if I were feeding supplements to him and he developed lameness, irregular gaits, fatigue, loss of top line, etc, and there was no medical cause to be found.
Supplements have been found with heavy metals that could be toxic to a horse over time depending on how much is in it. Hair analysis (you can get kits on amazon or have your vet send a test out) will let you be able to identify or rule out 30 some heavy metals.
Please define “heavy metal” (besides Metallica, Vol Beat, etc.). Many “heavy metals” are necessary metabolic agents, e.g. Cr is a necessary enzyme for glucose metabolism. What defines toxicity? The presence? Does hair analysis look at the metabolic form of the elements or does it simply look for the atoms?
I ask as an expert in the corrosion of alloys in-vivo and I have done a lot of research into hair analysis and metal detection. The techniques (ICP-MS/OES, SEM-EDS, GIS, TOFL-SIMS, XPS) I use detect elements into the parts per trillion. And hair analysis is useless.
And, please, direct me to the proven science! I would like peer reviewed journals (non-predatory journals, please).
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If your horse has been sneaking off to smoke pot, analysis of his hair would come in handy.
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Hair analysis only tells you what happened then, not now. Ray is quite accurate.
Ditto. I would be very curious to see these sources, because none of the many, many M.S./Ph.D. level equine nutrition academics I know (including me) have seen any actual science that supports the use of hair analysis.
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Well, I will go ahead and give it a shot. Will report back!
Oh dear, your horse may be about to be busted. :lol::lol::lol::lol:
