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Fw: [AERC-Members] [RC] ideas - Dot Wiggins

Barney

Did you find any correlation between weight loss and the ability to finish
successfully?
Were horses that lost more than (x % of body weight) more likely to have
metabolic issues?   Thumps, colic, tie ups, etc.?
Can you add any other observations that might help to head off potential
problems pre ride?

Thanks

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barney" <fleming@xxxxxxxx>
To: "Susan Garlinghouse" <suendavid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
<Stagg_Newman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "AERCMembersForum" <AERCMembersForum@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Truman Prevatt"
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Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 8:42 PM
Subject: Re: [AERC-Members] [RC] ideas



I sure wish scales were the answer.  I lugged scales to over 100 rides

over

a two year period and collected data that told me weight loss/gain is too
variable to use as a measure of hydration like it is in the human.  Seems
there are too many large compartments that can be empty or full at any one
time.
Barney
Barney Fleming DVM
Deming, New Mexico
KD5USD
www.equinedoc.com
www.spirithorseescape.com





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