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RE: [RC] Nancy Sturm - Nancy SturmThanks, Mary. Our season was pretty much over anyway, so I'll just start him back slowly and see if he stays well. No, the horse had not been wormed. He had been to a ride in the Redwoods 4 weeks prior to his illness. Because I was going to be gone for over a week to be with a child who needed to go to Shriners in Portland for orthopedic surgery, I'd moved him to a very nice boarding facility three weeks prior to his illness. He had been at the barn before because I ride in there to meet the friends I condition with. There was no change of feed, nothing new added to his diet, except grass turnout during the daytime. The grass was pretty short. Since he tested negative for just about everything, the vet's suggestion was that he was stressed, allowing a change in the flora or microbial population (or something like that) that allowed an opportunistic diarrhea. Although his liver enzymes were normal, there's also the possibility that he grabbed a mouthful of something toxic while out on trail. Nancy Sturm [Original Message] From: Mary Krauss <lazykfarm@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: 9/4/2005 12:55:20 PM Subject: [RC] Nancy Sturm Thoughts from a novice: had you wormed your horse with one of those super-wormers (Praziquantal or whatever it's called) before the diarrhea episodes began? My horse had the same sort of diarrhea attack after I used ComboCare. My vet said he's guessing about 5% of horses are badly affected and wished we had an ADA for animal products to protect us from rotter-products like that overly poisonous stuff. If you think the diarrhea occurred because of something consumed, I'd bet you'd hardly need to lay off at all. If you think it occurred because of illness, I'd lay off for a couple of weeks, then return with two days, not in a row, of light work. As a former xc coach, that sort of layoff, followed by a mild re-introduction, was plenty for an athlete who'd been ill. After that we jumped right back into whatever level of training we were doing before. Good luck to you. I'm glad he's recovering nicely. Mary K. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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