Re: [Paddlewise] PaddleWise V1 #2052

From: Michael Orchard <mspadorchard_at_attbi.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2003 06:35:02 -0700
> From: wrf_at_cisunix.unh.edu
> Subject: [Paddlewise] chlorophyll
> It is odd then that animals that eat chlorophyll for a living (herbivors)
are
> scent tracked by preditors on a regular basis and killed. I would not go
into
> bear land and try this.
>
> I would be skeptical about chlorophyll getting rid of body odor.  It is a
> porphyrin ring molecule like haemoglobin except it has a magnesium
> metal instead of iron at its center.  No scientific reason that all body
odor
> should disappear because of that.

Precisely  correct.  The use of chlorophyll to prevent bitches in heat from
attracting males is common among dog owners and dog breeders...although
stories of its failures were common when I was working as a veterinarian.
There is no real evidence to my knowledge that supports the efficacy of
chorophyll to prevent male dogs being attracted to females in heat, or their
detection of females in heat.
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