Monday, January 7, 2013

Report From The 2012 Seoul Conference On Dietary Illnesses In Horses


According to experts meeting in South Korea,
Inadequate forage, or forage of the wrong
Sort, can lead to incontinence and diarrhoea.
Seoul University’s Professor Kang-ho Song

Says horses are by nature foragers of hay,
Unafraid of forage poisoning,
And in the wild spend several hours a day
Foraging.  Dietary specialist Dr. Dong-hun Jing,

From the School of Veterinary Medicine in Suncheon,
Elaborates: “Vegetable matter spoils easily,
And a horse in search of a tasty luncheon,
Can find himself instead with a case of ludan-chi,

Which is Korean for botulism.”  Not everyone at the conference
Is Korean. Many attendees are not even Asian
And some have travelled half the world’s circumference -
So it is thoughtful of Dr. Jing to provide a translation.





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