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rides2far@xxxxxxxx wrote:

> ODon'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
>
>  
It has become common place in college football and professional football 
for players to have IV fluids at halftime. There have been cases where 
complications have developed after this process - mostly infection. Any 
time you compromise the skin - especially directly into the blood stream 
there is a risk. I think in a borderline case, vet would be the best 
source of information so you can make the tradeoff.

I sure would not use fluids as a prophylactic measure. IMO for my horse 
the risk would outweight the benefit.

Truman


--

"The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. The opposite 
of a profound truth may well be another profound truth."    Niels Bohr 
-- Nobel Laureate, Physics




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