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RE: [SPAM] Re: [RC] Thumps - heidiI've heard that once a horse thumps the first time he is much more likely to do it again. I assume (if true) that once the sheath around the phrenic nerve becomes permeable once it is somewhat compormised and will become permeable more eaisly in the future. Is this ture or just an "old wives tale?" It's one of those chicken-or-the-egg things. Indeed, a horse that thumps once is more apt to thump again, but perhaps it would be more accurate to say that the reason that he thumped in the first place was because the myelin sheath was more susceptible. Another poster posted me privately to talk about the fact that thumping often runs in families--which is quite true. That leads one to believe that there is a weakness there to begin with, and that the reason the horse continues to be prone to thumping is because he was prone to it in the first place. The flip side of it is that horses that are not prone to it won't do it, no matter how crazy the e-lyte imbalance may become--they'll die of something else before they'd thump. 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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