ridecamp@endurance.net: re: tying up

re: tying up

karen Clanin (kclanin@fix.net)
Sat, 20 Sep 1997 08:40:03 -0700 (PDT)

Something no one on the list has suggested is looking BEYOND diet
for the reason of a chronic tying up horse. Nearly two years ago we had this
problem with a mare, we searched and searched, had vets from all over the
country (including Kentucky Equine Research) and Europe involved in this
problem. They all went the "diet" route also.

Finally one day we found heat in a fetlock, had it xrayed and she
has djd in that fetlock, she was compensating for the discomfort although
was never diagnosable lame, and tying up.

Six months off and the addition of joint supplements to her diet and
she has been back to work for the past 18 months with never a hint of a tie
up, xrays one year later show no change in the joint.

While in many cases the problem for tying up IS diet, just
suggesting that perhaps looking further may bring an answer.

Karen Clanin

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