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Had the same thing in my 22 year old mare, a fatty tumor 14 inches long
strangled the gut.Only autopsy told us what happened.  Horse was doing great
till all of a sudden, she was more than sick.

Joan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Karen Clanin" <kclanin@xxxxxxx>
To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 11:01 AM
Subject: Fwd: Re: [RC] Deaths - the list


> > my husband and i sold a mare a few years ago, she just recently had
> > surgery after strong treatment for colic did not stop her symptoms -- a
> > fast trip to Alamo Pintado, exploratory surgery found a 5 lb fatty tumor
> > that had twisted the gut.  no way to know about this.  this mare has done
> > some limited distance rides, suppose she had this happen at a ride and
> > died as a result?  many would be thinking that there was mis-management
on
> > the part of the rider, unprepared, whatever........there may be other
> > horses that have died at rides as a result of pre-existing conditions
> > where no one had a clue.
> >
> > what about adding an autopsy to these deaths to rule out this type of
> > situation?
> >
> > karen
>
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