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[RC] Horses on IV's/risk? - rides2farODon't ever hesitate to use intravenous hydration to help or save your horse. I have a question about risk with IV's. I have now run into 3 riders whose horses have lost the use of one of their jugulars (yep, there's 2) to scar tissue caused by an IV. Two of those horses went on to do more 100's with just one jugular, one was Desert Ballad who won the ROC, and came in 4th in the North American on one jugular. The third rider chose to retire a talented horse because she was afraid of what would happen if he lost the other. Is this that common? When I hear that in the UAE they give fluids as a precautionary measure I just wonder were these three unusual cases or should we consider that if a horse is borderline on needing fluids we consider the risk involved? 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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