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Re: [RC] headtossing/ alsike clover - rides2far. Has anyone else experienced fibrosis of the liver from Alsike poisoning, will they ever be the same again? My friend's Appaloosa had something that sounds like this. It was on a huge dairy farm where she didn't see it every day. One day when she went out to get her she literally thought someone had thrown acid on her. All her pink skin was SEVERELY burned. The vet came out and did the liver titers and they were horrible. She knew it was from something she'd eaten but never specified the alsike poisoning. The skin inside her mouth was burned too. She had to eat softened food. The areas of her skin that had been burned were burned so deeply that as it healed the surface of the skin looked like the desert when it dries and cracks into squares. A thick area of skin in about a 6" square with the hair still attached would peel up from the corners and there would be new growth underneath. The mare lost a LOT of weight and after the liver damage the vet told them she'd be sensitive and not to let her out on pasture. She just fed her hay. She tended to be underweight after that but I never thought they tried very hard to find what they *could* feed her. Just dry lotted her with a sorry looking round bale. They did pleasure ride her and she acted energetic. I wonder if they couldn't have put her on a high fat diet and brought her back to her old self. As best as I recall they were supposed to keep the protein really low because of the damaged liver?? Does that make sense? P.S. Don't remember any head tossing. Angie =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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