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Re: [RC] More Regional Differences? - Heidi SmithI doubt that many regular ambulatory vets in practice carry around several hundred liters--which may be what they need at a big ride where the weather conditions are indicative of problems. And I forgot to mention with the above that the vet in day-to-day practice is much more apt to see SICK horses that are apt to be acidotic, and so is also much more apt to be carrying something like lactated Ringer's as a major portion of his/her fluids--which is totally inappropriate for a crashed endurance horse. I was lucky--being primarily in repro practice, I mostly used saline anyway, and that IS useful in endurance horses. So I could just keep a big supply of saline and keep turning it over doing uterine lavages... Plain Ringers is likely a somewhat better choice, but at least if you have SOME Ringers, you can make up a lot of bulk with saline if you have to. Heidi =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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