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Re: [RC] The nutritional guide to lame babies - Heidi SmithI 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. I must have missed that line--I've certainly seen "clubby" feet in just about every major subgroup of Arabians in this country--Polish, CMK, Egyptian, etc. 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. In many cases, it is the efficient ones. It can also be ones that have a stricter requirement for the Ca:P ratio to be right, and/or ones that seem to have a higher need for selenium. Halter has also "selected" for "clubby" feet by selecting for lines that grow rapidly--just about any growth abnormality is exacerbated by rapid growth. I think that is why they are also so prevalent in some lines of QH's and APHA's. But again, they invariably occur in the individuals of those lines that are overfed. Heidi =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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