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[RC] Lame Colt - k s swigart

Diane D said:


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.


You would need to ask OSU if they can diagnose it....and the will
probably tell you that there is no way for them to know if they can
diagnose it until you bring them the horse.  I am sure that OSU has a
telephone, so call them up and ask THEM.

And they won't be able to tell you if it is something that can be
treated until you have a diagnosis.


Can a bigtime equine center x-ray a shoulder?


I don't know about OSU, but the ones around here can x-ray it.  However,
the x-ray may not tell you anything about nerve damage...or anything
else for that matter.  But most "bigtime equine centers" have other
diagnostic equipment than x-rays.


And should I put him up in a stall or let him stay
out in the fields?


No way to answer this question until you have a diagnosis.  Although,
the fact that the condition seems to be progressing while you have him
out in the field suggests that you might want to consider doing
something else (but something else might be "work him harder" and see if
he works out of it as easily as it might be "stall rest").

Just getting the diagnosis may be expensive (but you know it can't be
done in the field, because your vet has already told you that), and you
may get a diagnosis that says "there is nothing we can do to fix it."

You have to decide how much money you want to spend on diagnoses and/or
on treatments that may or may not work.

"Stall rest" would be a really cheap treatment to try.  It may not be
the right one though.  Cheaper than Adequan (which seems an odd choice
to me for "nerve damage" anyway, but it may have some off label uses
that I don't know about????).

Personally, _I_ would try stall rest just so I have one more piece of
information to give the clinic if I DO decide to spend the money on a
diagnosis even if it doesn't work.  You can see whether it gets better
or worse, or stays the same.

kat
Orange County, Calif.
:)



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