Re: Electrolytes, loose salt/mins, etc.


Lizzardwoman wrote:
I took Sheila's advice and tried to buy some loose salt (and loose minerals)
for Pancake last weekend. They didn't have it at the store. So I bought
powdered "Electrolytes," the ingredients of which were largely salt and
minerals. Hmmm.

Is there a difference between "electrolytes" and "salt plus minerals" or is
it all marketing and packaging?

Yes, there is an academic difference, but not necessarily much of a
difference in equine products, other than that most loose minerals are
meant to be fed free choice and most electrolytes are a paste or a top
dress fed at a measured rate. Electrolytes are the minerals that the
body uses to maintain proper functioning of nerves and muscles, as well
as proper fluid makeup of various body areas, and acid-base balance.
Electrolytes are sodium, potassium and chloride (and maybe one more
thing - not an elemental mineral - bicarbonate I think.) Then other
than the electrolytes there are the rest of the minerals, required in
varying quantities, some considered "trace". Iron, magnesium, zinc,
iodine... Those are some macro-minerals. Some of the trace minerals
would include copper, selenium, um, boron. You can surely google it.

Some electrolytes for horses also contain other minerals.
"Electrocharge's" analysis is as follows:
Calcium ,min...0.22%...101mg
calcium, max...0.24% 110 mg
Salt, min...26.1% 12,060
Salt, max ...27.7%...12,800
Sodium,...10.3%...4760 mg
Sodium, max...10.9%...5040 mg
Potassium, min...2.9%...1340
Magnesium, min...0.12%...55 mg
Zinc, min...23.4 ppm...1076 mcg
Iron, min...1.13 ppm...52 mcg
Copper, min...6.15 ppm...282
Cobalt, min...1.10 ppm...4.6 mcg

"Stress Pak", another horsey electrolyte, contains:
Sodium, Potassium, Phosphorus, Chloride, Magnesium, Calcium and
Bicarbonates

"JUG" contains water, copper amino acid chelate, zinc amino acid
chelate, manganese amino acid chelate, colloidal trace minerals,
potassium chloride, salt sodium chloride, calcium chloride, magnesium
chloride, yeast, sulfur, colloidal amino acid complex,
L-abscorbyl-2-polyphosphate, (vitamin C), colloidal B-complex,
L-glycine, ferrous phosphate, cobalt, natural and artificial flavor,
xanthan gum, sodium benzoate (as a preservative), in a dextrose base,
methionine, phenylalanine, theronine, tryptohan, amino acid complex,
inositol, leucine.

"Apple A Day" contains
Calcium, min, ...5.9%
Calcium, Max...6.9%
phosphorus, Min..001%
Salt Salt, Max...36.5%
Sodium, Min...19%
Sodium, Max...21%
Potassium, Min...12%
Magnesium, min...0.5&
Zinc, Min...40 ppm
Iron, Min...2.8ppm
Copper, Min...10 ppm
Copper, Max...0.3 ppm

So the manufacturer can include more stuff than just the
electrolytes...

As for loose minerals, Dynamite makes one that's provided free choice:
Sodium Chloride 98% 93%
Calcium 1.35% 0.35%
Potassium 0.16% 0.03%
Magnesium 0.18% 0.06%
Sulfur 0.17% 0.07%
Zinc 0.001% 0.0003%
Silicon 0.002% 0.0002%
Copper 0.0007% 0.0003%
Iodine 0.004% 0.001%
Iron 0.08% 0.03%
Phosphorus 0.07% 0.02%
Manganese 0.002% 0.0005%

They make another mineral product that's given by measure and contains:
Sulfur, Magnesium, Cobalt, Phosphorous, Nickel, Iron, Copper, Nitrogen,
Chlorine, Titanium, Aluminum, Manganese, Silicon, Zinc, Silver, Sodium,
Calcium, Potassium, Chromium, Zinc. Including traces of Barium,
Neodymium, Yttrium, Gallium, Lanthanum, Vanadium, Zirconium, Scandium,
Strontium, Cadmium, Rubidium, Beryllium, Praseodymium, Cerium.

So...
take care,
cindi

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