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RE: [RC] [RC] white legs - Libby & Quentin Llop DVM

The late Ben K. Green DVM of Texas did extensive research on this subject
and published his results in the 1974 book "The Color of Horses". It is a
good read and my experience with the 150+ horses we have owned concurs with
his findings.  Libby

-----Original Message-----
From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Lif Strand
Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 10:06 PM
To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [RC] [RC] white legs


At 08:00 PM 8/21/2004, heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Unlike Lif, I have yet to see a horse with some light and some dark feet
that I cannot detect a difference between the pigmented and the
non-pigmented feet.  The difference is often subtle--but it is there.


I'll go out and look closer, but if there is a difference, as you say, it's
subtle enough as to be not significant.  But what about skin?  Is
unpigmented skin on a horse *really* less resistant to injury and
disease?  Or do we just see injury and disease there because the skin is
white/pink and thus it's more easy to see?

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   Lif Strand      fasterhorses.com
           Quemado NM USA


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