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Normally - at least in the SE  regoin the horse sees the vet right after 
they meet pulse ( and later if the vets thinks it necessary ) and I've 
yet to see a vet use a hand held. So I don't seen that it would not be 
caught at least in the SE.

T

terre wrote:

> Darlene said "The single most important thing I learned from that 
> experience (courtesy of Dr. Jerry Washburn) is that an arrythmic heart 
> rate is one of the very first signs of metabolic distress and it's 
> also the most commonly missed signs."
>
> ...especially with the use of hand-held or electronic heart rate 
> monitors--it's one of the reasons I fear to see them in general use.  
> I recall from years of vet sec'ing (is that a word?) for Dr. Jim 
> Bryant (Sr.)--if a horse came in whose pulse was erratic (even if bpm 
> were less than criteria) to call it to his attention immediately.  I 
> mean--thunp, thump...THUMPTHUMPTHUMP...thump, thump, 
> thump....THUMPTHUMP..   like that.  BIG trouble possibly brewing, even 
> tho the count will be 60.  I don't think the hand helds will catch 
> this like a stethoscope will.
>
> terre (....and by the time the horse gets to the vet, it may be 
> deteriorating.)
>
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