How interesting!
And a great example of “just because some is good, does not mean more is better”
Maybe a dumb question in that I’m not quite following, but I assume here the Cr was fed with the meal. Is there a reason to think that’s how it needs to be?
Meaning - if they get 2mg Cr Prop for an effect, can that be just once a day, even if they are fed concentrate meals twice? Or would that 2mg need to be fed at each meal?
According to the paper, the Cr supplement was mixed with a small amount of ground corn and top-dressed on the concentrate in the AM feed.
But what if there’s a PM feeding? Does the effect of the supplement carry that far?
I talked to one of the authors of the paper, and she said they assumed it would carry on, but that was not something they tested.
I have no clue :D, but I would expect some effect.
I thought that was interesting as well so I might reduce the remission to half the maintenance dose for the pony and just go with a straight Cr supplement at 2mg for the TB and keep notes. The maintenance dose of remission has 7mg of Cr I believe.
OK I am stupid and I have no problem admitting it.:lol: Does this mean the CR helps or makes the situation worse?
It means at the right dose it can help with insulin sensitivity… but more doesn’t seem to be better, 2mg and 4mg lowered glucose levels more than 8mg did.
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