Re: guest@endurance.net

[Hans Devouassoux <hansdev@citizen.infi.net>]

Following was an email that was sent to ridecamp in march. Should give you
all the answers you are looking for.

Hans Devouassoux
AERC NE Regional Director


"..we may give some of the more notable results of post-mortems.
PURE ARABS
Ribs Lumbar Vertebrae 
50 specimens 17 5 
9 17 6 
4 18 5 
1 18 6 
3 Syrian Arabs 17 6

THOROUGHBREDS
Touchstone 19 5 
Persimmon 18 5 
St. Simon 18 5 
St. Frusquin 18 5 
Ayrshire 18 5 
Orlando 18 5 
Hermit 18 6 
Blacklock 18 6 
Blink Bonny 18 6 
Polymelus 17 6 
Fickle 17 6 
Eclipse--there were 6 skeletons of Eclipse offered for sale at one 
time, and 19 hoofs. The skeleton in the British Museum is of more than 
doubtful authenticity and has been reconstructed from fragments and 
has now 18 ribs and 6 lumbars. An earlier one photographed by Wilfrid 
Blunt had 17 ribs and 5 lumbars.
COMMON HORSE

3 specimens 19--5. 
4 specimens 19--6, and 1 18--5.

Mongolian 19 5 
Prjevakski (feral cross) 18 6 
4 modern Barbs all 19 6 
Barb from Gibraltar 18 6 
Zebra 18 6 
Donkey 18 5



CMNewell, DVM 
***** 
Surgeon General of rec.eq Bogbash party 
Recipient of the Bogbash anti-Equus favorite vet award 
The Chuck of Eq



At 12:46 PM 6/27/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>Rose Raymond keishastar@aol.com
>I did a search of the archives, but didn't find anything, so am asking here.
>
>I need information (with sources) about how many vertebrae a horse has.
Arabians have always been said to have one less vertebrae than other
breeds, but recently I read that this was disproved.
>
>Please to respond to keishastar@aol.com.
>
>Many thanks.
>
>Rose Raymond
>central Florida
>
>
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