C34—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 30,1980 Ask the |3l VMD Jh Leon Riegel if you have a question you would like answered by the team from Valley Animal Hospital, send it to Ask Hie VMD, Box 356, Litifz, Pa. 17543. Questions will be kept anonymous on request A reader asks: Are sweet com stalks a safe feed for horses? In the past, we have fed the stalks to cattle and swine with no apparant ill-effects. Dr. Sheaifer comments: Sweet corn fodder is a dangerous feed for all of the equine family, horses, ponies, donkeys, and mules. Each year, during the months of August and September, we receive telephone calls from people who have just fed sweet com busks to their equine friends. Most times within a few hours .from the time the animal eats the busks, and sometimes within a few minutes, the animal will show signs of colic. Pain in the belly or abdomen, pawing, sweating in the flanks or on the shoulders, and turning its head to look at its sides are all indications that the animal is in distress. What creates this problem? While horses may chew the corn stalks and cob fairly well, they don’t properly Empty foods restricted in schools MEDIA If your child isn’t eating much of his school lunch it may be because he is filling up on vending machine snacks instead says Greta Vairo, home economist. That will soon change with the new USDA rule that restricts the sale of any food that has minimum nutritional value—soda pop, water ices, chewing gum and some candies—from the start of the school day until after the last lunch period. USDA is authorized to regulate the sale of foods where they compete with federally subsidized meal programs in the schools. The action is being taken because of widespread FISHER'S SPRAY PAINTING ■ SAND BUSTING ■ SPRAY & BRUSH PAINTING ■ ROOF COATING ■ CEMENT COATING ■ RESTORING t lil AERIAL UDDER EQUIPMENT SPECIALIZE IN FARM BUILDINGS. 667 Hartman Station Rd. Lancaster, PA 17601 717-393-6530 chew the sweet com husks and silk. They actually, swallow most of it whole,' without .grinding it up or shredding it up. When the husks get into the stomach of the horse, they tend to ball up and form a wad which may pack and block the pyloric valve. This valve is the mechanism that controls the emptying of food from the stomach into the intestines. In a case where the horse has just eaten the husks and shows signs of colic within one to two hours, there usually is a blockage. When this happens, the mass of husks and silks causes the stomach to stretch. Pain results from the stretching and the pooling of fluid and gas. This condition brings on a tremendous thirst. And, if the horse is allowed to, it will drink larger quantities of water which further distends and stretches the stomach. If not treated early enough, most animals will die of a ruptured stomach. Once the stomach ruptures, death occurs in a matter of minutes. Treatment for cases caught in the early stage it to pass a stomach tube to siphon off as much of the concern for the quality of school children’s diets. Sales of “competitive foods”— especially soda pop—are growing in the schools. Soda provides calories, but no nutrients. Tim T rayer Edgar Sheaffer fluid and stomach contents as possible. Then up to a gallon of mineral oil should be gravitated into .the stomach or pumped in slowly. If the blockage is relieved and the wad is broken up and able to pass to the intestines, the horse should be treated with extreme care over the next several days. 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