At an endurance ride this past Sunday, my gelding had a metabolic crash
(stopping, stiffening in hindquarters, not eating or drinking) that required we
be picked up by a trailer and transported back to base camp. The vets there
could find nothing wrong other than low gut sounds which got better after he
began to eat and drink a little. Is there any real value in getting bloodwork
done to determine whether this incident was tying up or colic or something else?
What can be learned, if anything, from doing this?
