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Re: [RC] Jugging - casbeerI had a Shetland Pony that came from the equine program at a University, he was the guinea pig for the students to practice blood drawing on. He had permanent scarring, and the jugular had actually rolled and twisted with some other vein/artery that's right there also (explained to me by a vet, by I forgot the correct terms) It was not pretty, and will need to be pointed out to vets the rest of his life if he needs blood drawn or injections, since it would be easy to inject into the wrong one. I wouldn't hesitate to jug my horse if it was needed, but I'd be pretty upset with myself for allowing my horse to get to that level of dehydration. Brenda Casebeer On 1 Apr 2003 at 9:57, k s swigart wrote: I may be wrong about this, but it is my understanding from an assortment of vets that every time you do jugular IV fluids on a horse you risk scarring and permanent blockage of the jugular vein (and when my horse had IV fluids after 20 MT last year my vet made a point of NOT drawing blood from that side of her neck because the IV had made that vein more "fragile" and he didn't want to be messing with it). So, unless I have misunderstood the vets that I have spoken with (a possibility), there is no way in hell I am going to routinely administer IV fluids to my horse...just to be safe. Because the more often you do it, the more likely you are to end up with a horse that has a permanently blocked jugular vein (horses do have two of them, so it isn't the end of the world if one becomes blocked, but it certainly isn't something that I would aspire to:)). Question to the vets out there...just how likely is it that a jugular IV will permanently block the vein? And even if it doesn't permanently block the vein, what is the effect of any scarring (it seems to me that there will be at least a little scarring every time) that occurs. kat Orange County, Calif. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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