Re: RC: Diagnosis: Navicular

[Tivers@aol.com]

In a message dated 4/2/99 9:01:17 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
blueoak@snowcrest.net writes:

<<  I am so devastated. Our arab gelding was just diagnosed with navicular.
 > Three vets dismissed the symptoms and instead focused on a sore hock. I
 > finally insisted on front feet x-rays and there it was for all eyes to
 > see; large vascular changes in the navicular bone. Poor guy  >>

Not so fast. "Navicular disease" is, at best, a controversial diagnosis. Is 
this horse shod? What are the hoof angles and toe lengths? 

ti


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