ridecamp@endurance.net: [endurance]sad question from Summer

[endurance]sad question from Summer

Laura K. Trouse (szerelk@mail.auburn.edu)
Thu, 12 Oct 1995 12:29:19 -0500 (CDT)

I'm so sorry to hear about your TB mare. I had a TB gelding die several
years ago, very similarly. He was 10 yrs. old. He was fine in the
pasture, we brought him up and he got a little wobbly walking to the
barn, and just laid down and died. It took possibly 15 minutes. The vet
did a full necropsy, and he ruptured a coronary artery. So, he died of a
heart attack. I've also seen horses that died of cerebral hemorrages.
You can never predict these things and though not common occurances, they
happen suddenly and quickly.

Just some possibilities.

Laura Szeremi-Trouse
Auburn, AL
Vet Student