Re: Re: [Enduranceriders] Metabolic Pulls at Tevis

["Tracey" <tracey@tbt.co.za>]

I'm glad someone with more knowledge than I have has confirmed my suspicion
re IV.  I wouldn't dream of commenting on any aspect of Endurance, as I know
squat diddly about it BUT I have a horse with a blocked jugular vein from
being IV'd on the track.  When we ultrasounded him, we found that no blood
at all passes through that vein.  Having to IV him on the other side would
be potentially disastrous, as if that one becomes blocked, I would have to
put my precious horse down.


Tracey
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From: Tivers@aol.com <Tivers@aol.com>
To: suendavid@worldnet.att.net <suendavid@worldnet.att.net>;
Enduranceriders@egroups.com <Enduranceriders@egroups.com>;
suzannekel@earthlink.net <suzannekel@earthlink.net>; ridecamp@endurance.net
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Date: Sunday, July 23, 2000 6:48 PM
Subject: RC: Re: [Enduranceriders] Metabolic Pulls at Tevis


>Here's something to know about IVs. Every time you puncture the jugular
vein
>you do damage. Not only do you damage the vessel itself, but Rantannen, et
al
>have shown that IVs tend to cause aggregation of blood cells. These
agregates
>then flow into the heart and attach themslves to the wall of the heat (and
>probably to blood vessels as well, but Rantannen was just looking at the
>heart). Later, they pull away, leaving a lesion behind, and then move on
into
>the lungs, where they plug up small capillaries--not good in a racehorse,
>because these capillaries later explode and the horse bleeds from the lungs
>in a race.
>
>Others have found that venous injections cause small particles of debris
>(hair, skin, maybe dirt) to flow into the lungs, where they are
encapsulated
>and sometimes become infected--more damage.
>
>In racing, it is my position that, when the needle goes in, the
owner/trainer
>has made a big mistake.
>
>ti
>
>
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