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Re: [RC] The nutritional guide to lame babies - DESERTRYDR1In a message dated 3/23/03 5:24:01 PM Pacific Standard Time, 4horn@xxxxxxx writes: I don't see the frequency in the lines from Europe and that includes Polish arab race lines and warmbloods. That is because they are stricter breeders from a quality standpoint. My mare, with both fronts clubby, is the daughter of a Polish import stallion. There are a lot of reasons (genetic, nutritional, injuries) why horses develop club foot. But mainly, if you don't overfeed, your not AS LIKELY to get it in otherwise susceptible horses. I like Heidi's theory that there is a genetic predisposition to metabolize feeds well. I have noticed that often when a horse develops a club foot, it's on the foot that is positioned back when the horse grazes. Some horses are ambidextrous, others tend to graze more with one particular foot back. That foot bears less of the horse's weight, thus that foot ends up clubbed. The filly I mentioned that wound up with a club foot, I watched day to day as they ignore the start of it, ignored the soreness in the tendons, ignored the lameness, and sold her. They just told the new owner--Don't worry about that foot, it just takes a little minor surgery to correct. When a breeder has that attitude, and also the attitude that the way they have been doing it for the last 30 years is okay, in spite of new research (on various subjects, not just nutrition) there's nothing you can do. I know, I tried. jeri =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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