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[RC] Endurance topics! - steph teeter

OK - it's time to go back to Endurance discussion. Most of the topics
lateley are very generic 'horsey' topics. Fine for other lists, but
Ridecamp is for Endurance related discussion. 

I'm going to start sending reminders out more frequently - we're losing
too many folks who have been on the list for years, because there's too
much chat. 

There are plenty of horsey chat lists out there, I want to keep this
list focused on Endurance, or else we'll lose it.

Here's a question for you - after a ride last weekend, three horses
coliced - all were top ten, all fit and seasoned horses, all had great
vet scores all day, no indication of trouble. It was the first rainy
cool day we've had all summer. Lots of water on the trail, in creek
crossings.

All three horses had reflux on arrival to the clinic, all three had
ileus - basically the gut shut down, little or no activity in the small
intestines. Their stomachs were full of fluid, but the hind gut was dry.
All three horses eventually recovered, but spent 2 days at the clinic.
One of the horses (a horse of mine that a friend rode) had discomfort
right after the ride, hyperactive gut sounds - she was given a shot of
banamine, and a newer drug which is a smooth muscle relaxant - reduces
intestinal spasms. After the drug wore off (around 2 hours) she was
still uncomfortable, and when I took her back her gut sounds were
minimal, and she had some reflux when tubed.

I've never seen anything like this at a ride before - three horses (out
of 22 starters) with identical colic. 

Any ideas? Cold water? Bad feed? Too fast? The horses finished 3rd, 4th,
and 7th, over an hour behind the winning time. One of the vets thought
there might have been sort of toxic plants involved. 

Steph



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