Ridecamp: RE: [RC] vet check parameters

Good question! Possibly the VetCommittee and endurance vets around the world
might consider addressing these questions??

And here's a suggestion - it would be nice to have discussions that might
occur with respect to these questions  kindof in the public so we can all
learn from the discussion...:-)

To make that happen, you REALLY gotta control the external inputs to the
discussion. Inflamitory and leading questions only serve to shut down the
valuable answers. It's no fun verbally jousting in a public place.

But hearing the views of the vetrenarians who know endurance would be most
interesting and educational.

johnt

-----Original Message-----
From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Randy and Cheryl
Winter
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 9:49 AM
To: ride camp
Subject: [RC] vet check parameters


Are there any Vets out there that can speak to the parameters that show best
as to the condition of a horse capable of continuing or not metabolically?

Also are there any parameters or measuring devices or technology we don't
use that could be helpful in looking at our horses, being totally idealistic
and not realistic considering expense of course.

I believe in human 100 mile races the runners are weighed and pulled if they
lose a certain percentage of body weight.  Any university research on
equines going on regarding this that anyone knows of?

Is this something our AERC Vet Committee should be putting effort into?

Randy Winter



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