ridecamp@endurance.net: RE: [endurance] Re: Horses

RE: [endurance] Re: Horses

Gwen Dluehosh (dluehosh@vt.edu)
Fri, 1 Dec 1995 14:41:45 -0500 (EST)

NOt really except that their brains are a bit larger than a walnut.
We should be doing more research anyway. We know all kinds of things about
small animals and yet there is crucial research on horsey stuff that has yet
to be done. Speaking of which, have any vets out there had experience with
Isoxsuprine helping to cure/manage an EYE problem? I have a friend/colleague
with a Trakehner who has had eye problems and possibly navicular. When they
switched to Isox for the navicular, the eye problem cleared up ( I think
this horse was toying with glaucoma). The eye problem was goin gon for a
long time before the leg stuff showed up. Sorry I am not in a more technical
mood tonight.

I think she ought to write a paper on it. (SHe is a vet student anyway...)
Gwen
> This message came up on another mailing list I'm on. Care to
> comment?
> Linda
> LLayman@NeoRx
>> Anyway, except for research purposes or its nutritive value, I can't
>> imagine why anyone would want to keep a 1000 lb animal with a brain
>> the size of a walnut.
>>
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