Re: RC: CC and tying up

[Tivers@aol.com]

In a message dated 12/21/99 6:32:15 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
ralston@AESOP.RUTGERS.EDU writes:

<< nfortunately, if an endurance horse had truly tied up at a ride I would
 consider
 it malpractice to try to send it out again the next day. You stated that
 your CC was 
 primarily for horses that tie up early and regularly. This is a totally
 different
 syndrome than we see at endurance rides with horses tying up after 30-40
 miles. Your
 chronically tying up horses early in exercise are classic for the
 polysaccharide storage
 myopathy and yes, those individuals benefit from consistent work, no days
 off. Strongly
 suggest you seek out the references from Valberg and Valentine-some really
 good science
 there.
 Sarah
  >>


I am quite familiar with the literature, thank you. Let me suggest that, 
having reviewed your input for a couple of years here, you might benefit from 
a more wide-ranging literature review. 

I did not state that a horse tying up at the end of a ride could be "cured" 
with carbs or chromium--that was someone else's wild extrapolation. My 
statement was in reply to someone who had a horse that was tying up on her 
every day, or nearly every day, before any serious exercise could be 
accomplished. In this circumstance, CC at night stops the syndrome cold. 
Every time. 

ti


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