Is the Jeanette Mero DVM mentioned in the DSLD
website an AERC member? I need to dig thru this info as I suspect my horse may
have this issue - his dam is post legged and coon footed in back (accidental
breeding and not owned by me) and he has issues going downhill and last summer
he injured both front suspensories and his left rear twice last winter. I find
the mention of iron levels in the blood interesting, and wonder if it is a cause
or a symptom. We have so much iron in our water we use a water softener (which I
believe is replacing the iron ions with sodium ions) to make the water usable -
the horse water does go thru the softener as well, however. Anyway, if anyone
has helpful info, let me know, and I'll keep ridecamp
posted.
