Re: RC: Climate and Altitude changes

["robert and carla lawson" <robandcarla@hotmail.com>]

what about higher altitude changes? would that not effect the horses oxygen? 
How can you get past the slower recovery times since the oxygen would be 
somewhat thinner than what they are used to?


>Either you ship in and race immediately, or you have to take some serious
>time, 2 or 3 weeks--to get acclimated. After 2 or three days, the shockwave
>hits.. Sometimes you get a rebound in about a week, but not to 100%.
>
>After a race, you'll get the best rebound with several doses of carbs and
>electrolytes over the first few hours of recovery--hopefully preventing the
>horse from going into catabolism, where hormones and enzymes are released 
>to
>rip up good tissue to make repairs. If that happens, then you're stuck for 
>at
>least 48 hours before recovery  (rebuilding) can begin. When the horse
>returns to pre-race body weight, much of the recovery has been 
>accomplished,
>but there is still a depressed immune system. Vita-Flex makes a product
>called GlytaSyn that is excellent for an acute shoring up of the immune
>system--also good in normal doses long term. Glutamine and lactoferrin are
>two active ingredients.
>
>ti

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