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On Tuesday, September 23, 2003, at 05:55 AM, Truman Prevatt wrote:

> Several years ago at one of my rides I used my own vet as the 
> treatment vet. She was a good vet and had vetted one endurance ride 
> prior but had little experience in what to expect at a ride. Of course 
> she didn't bring enough fluids. It wasn't a big deal since I ran over 
> to UF vet school and got more.
>
> She was a good vet but most vets don't understand just what can 
> happen. I contacted the AERC and suggested that they develop a set of 
> guidelines to supply to ride managers to turn around so they could 
> supply to their treatment vets as to what to expect, the supplies to 
> have on hand, etc. That was in 1997 - where is it?

The recommended list of supplies in the Vet manual, Truman, and has 
been there for some time as I recall--just where it belongs since the 
rules state that every vet needs to have a copy.

Lynne


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