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Re: [RC] lame colt/Adequan - Don HustonFirst off I am not a vet. I found this http://www.vmth.ucdavis.edu/vmth/clientinfo/info/laus/lausbroch.html and it has some very good info on rehabing a serious injury at the bottom of the article. If you were to follow what they say and the colt does not heal then you could try the more expensive ultrasound route. Just a possibility, Good Luck cause it's always nice to have a little.Don Huston At 11:48 AM 3/2/2007 Friday, you wrote: 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. Don Huston at cox dot net =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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