Re: Lessoned Learned: EPM Part 3- Prevention

["Dyane Smith" <sunibey@sisqtel.net>]

Heidi,
I know this is a dumb question, but what is "spinal instability" and how
would you know if your horse had it?
Dyane
n. Ca
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From: <CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com>
To: <mgehringer@dmenet.com>; <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Monday, November 15, 1999 5:09 PM
Subject: RC: Lessoned Learned: EPM Part 3- Prevention


> In a message dated 11/15/99 4:48:01 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> guest@endurance.net writes:
>
> <<  Now there is the thought that horses who are unable to fight off EPM
> protozoa have a probl=
>  em with their immune system.  But nobody really knows why some horses get
it
> and others who are treated identically don=92=
>  t. >>
>
> The other theory (which makes sense in my experience with EPM, which is
> admittedly a bit limited) is that it only invades areas of the spinal
> meninges that are devitalized due to either accidental trauma or damage
from
> spinal instability.  It shows up much more frequently in horses that are
also
> more prone to the latter...
>
> Heidi
>
>
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