Endurance.Net Ridecamp Archives

As one who has had four that ruptured their stomachs,  I will post the
reasons.
#1.  got into some clover seed and it caused a toxic reaction, causing
extreme gas (stallion) (the other horse that got into it as well had no
reaction at all)
#2.  drank a bunch of water and ran around (2 year old stallion, son of the
above)This actually happened at the vet's and was observed the entire time.
#3.  a enterolith of persimmon pulp stuck in the sphincter (another son of
the above)
#4.  turned out to grass and dead the next day.  Ruptured stomach was full
of grass
(no relation...mare)
#5.  not autopsied.  Colic death.  Long term antibiotic usage causing a
possible imbalance of bacteria (son of above stallion)

So, what does this tell me?  A genetic predisposition, most likely.  The
reasons are terribly varied, and you can't prevent everything.

Louise Burton
Firedance Farms Endurance Arabians
Oklahoma
http://pages.prodigy.net/firedancefarms


=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net.
Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp
Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp

Ride Long and Ride Safe!!

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=