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Re: [RC] May 2007 Veterinary newsletter - Beth Walker

Interesting, especially the article on the pull codes. I'd never heard of the SF code.

It answers a question I had about pulls due to injury. In fact, one of my rides is mis-labeled. It is listed as an RO, and it should be an SF. No option about it -- he needed sedation and stitches.


On Jun 18, 2007, at 11:49 AM, Michael Maul wrote:


The latest veterinary newsletter can be reached from the AERC home page http://aerc.org Vets pull down menu under Forms

or directly at

http://www.aerc.org/upload/VetNL0507.pdf

As always. it contains useful information for members as well as informing us what one of our committees is doing.

In the article "Post-ride fatalities on the increase" there's a statement worth considering:

There appears to be somewhat of a stigma amongst riders associated with fluid therapy in their horses. As veterinarians, we need to work together to rid the sport of this stigma. It will virtually always benefit a horse to have fluid therapy post-ride. It is not worth losing one’s horse to a very treatable condition such as ileus merely because of this stigma.

There's a number of other good observations in this article that members should be aware of.

There's also more on "Misuse of the “Rider Option” Pull Code"

"The RO is to be used only if the rider cannot continue or elects not to continue due to their own illness, injury or personal circumstances. If a rider is electing not to continue, the horse must still be examined by the ride vet (all horses entered in AERC sanctioned rides are to be examined by a control vet regardless if the rider is electing not to continue) and the horse must be deemed fit to continue in order to use this code."

Mike


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