Re: RC: Re: progesterone implants for mares

[Lif Strand <fasterhorses@gilanet.com>]

At 12:53 AM 3/11/00 -0500, Sylvia wrote:
> A good friend had her mare die during this
> procedure.  

That's a good reminder, all.  Every "procedure" comes with
a risk factor.  Maybe it's 99% safe, maybe only 50% safe, but even
if it's safer than 99%, there's no such thing as 100% safety anywhere in
life.  You always have to know what the risk factor is, and weigh
that.  

We sold a mare to someone who eventually had her palpated prior to
breeding - normal procedure, low risk, by an experienced vet.  The
mare was dead in 45 minutes (perferated rectum leading to peritonitis,
she died in spite of the fact that she was gotten into a trailer &
shipped off to Davis immediately).  NO ONE was at fault here, but we
all tend to forget about those risk percentages, and the fact that one
day it could be our own horse that fills out those statistics. 
Lif

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