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Re: [RC] [RC] white legs - Kristen A Fisher

I just read that melanin is a good free radical scavenger, so it would
follow that anywhere there is white may be more susceptible to disease,
although not necessarily injury.

Kristen in TX

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lif Strand" <lif@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Ed & Wendy Hauser" <ranch@xxxxxxxxxxx>; <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 7:42 PM
Subject: Re: [RC] [RC] white legs



At 08:45 PM 8/21/2004, Ed & Wendy Hauser wrote:

The crusty, oozing scabs, and swelling of a full blown fungus/bacterial

case

of scratches would be seen on any color horse leg.  The horses reaction

to

the pain is also hard to miss.


These are not things I have experienced with any of my horses, so all I

can

say is that if white skin on legs is more susceptible to problems, then it
should be everywhere on a horse.  Is this the case?

________________________________
    Lif Strand      fasterhorses.com
            Quemado NM USA





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Re: [RC] [RC] white legs, Lif Strand