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Anyone who can offer something on this - I will take all 2 cent offers .  I 
have a 10 month old colt who has come up with a huge limp.  No sign of 
injury or swelling - hooves fine according to farrier.  He has a great 
appetite and shows no reluctance to walk/trot/ canter out in the field.  If 
I touch his shoulder though, he pins his ears.   I took him to the vet who 
suspects a radial nerve injury from a kick from one of the other 
horses.  He started him on Adequan - so far has had 3 injections, four days 
apart.   I see no improvement at all - in fact last night he started 
dragging his hoof and crossing it over the other leg - weird! but today its 
just his normal limpy walk.  Questions - if it is the radial nerve, is it 
likely to resolve with time? Is there anything I can do to get a solid 
diagnosis?  OSU is 4 hours away but I will take him there if it is 
something that can be treated.  Can a bigtime equine center x-ray a 
shoulder?  And should I put him up in a stall or let him stay out in the 
fields?   My vet kind of shrugs to all my questions, except to say the 
shoulder couldnt be x-rayed. I didnt think to ask him if he meant just down 
here or if it couldnt be done, period.
DianeD, OK



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