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Respectfully, IMO with a freeze mark they go deeper than the acne type 
treatment you had.  I've had considerable liquid nitrogen treatments 
for actinic keratoses (pre-cancerous stuff) on the back of my hands 
mostly (from not putting sunscreen there, before I started wearing 
gloves while riding) and believe me, it hurts afterwards for a while.  
Had it for a keloid scar once also, even more extensive healing needed. 
  Then the spots turn into raisin-like welts, and you have to leave 
them like that until they drop off by themselves.

KK did both my horses, and there most definitely WAS scabbing which 
took months to shed.  I believe it causes pain, but less so than hot 
branding.  Both of my horses still find those spots the itchiest on 
their necks and love having them scratched.

Agreed in general on preferring freeze marks to microchips due to its 
visibility.  Agree with Jonni about the braided tags.  The neck bands 
can break away, sold through livestock catalogs.  One large TWH barn 
used them for years, because of all those black broodmares with similar 
bloodlines due to their small gene pool.  In 7 years of observation, 
didn't see any of them hurt themselves, but their place had no trees 
with branches to catch on.

Lynne

On Aug 15, 2004, at 11:45 AM, terry banister wrote:

> Yes,?I've had the liquid nitrogen acne treatment and it is COLD. But 
> no damage?was done to my skin or to?the horse's skin. It is only for a 
> matter of seconds and just affects the hair follicles enough to kill 
> the pigment. There was no wound or soreness afterward. Nothing visible 
> to "heal."
>
> But I wasn't?disagreeing with the need for a?large phone number on the 
> animal for emergency ID.?The freeze mark is more 
> for?identity?verification and theft prevention after they are?in a 
> holding pen situation.??I was supplying the information to those?who 
> might have interest in having it done for their horses because it is 
> visible, cannot be altered and needs no special equipment to read it, 
> such as?microchips do.
>
> <emsmiled.gif>?Happy Trails!


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