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I sympathize with your situation. Over the years we have come to learn =
that whenever there is any lameness in any of our horses it is best to =
have a correct diagnosis made immediately so that you know exactly what =
you are dealing with. When I say a "correct" diagnosis I mean one done =
preferrably at a specialty clinic with ultra sound or if necessary, =
nuclear medicine capability. In the long run it is far more cost effect =
and less time loss in recovery when a correct diagnosis is made. Also it =
is a relief for us to know exactly what is wrong. ONce you know what is =
wrong you will also know what the future potential is for your horse and =
how to properly bring him back.
In the past we have had our local GP vet diagnose, without doing an =
ultra sound and hence at best that is not always accurate. If there is =
any damage the proper diagnosis can assess the damage and hence the =
proper protocol for recovery and starting back to work. We have lost =
much more time and money by not getting instant and accurate diagnosis =
and hence the horse took more time recovering when we finally did find =
out what exactly was wrong. Once the recovery period has been completed, =
we take the horse back for a final ultrasound, or whatever the vet feels =
is needed to give us a clean bill of help for returning to work. =20
We put to much time and money in our horses to cut corners in this area. =
We learned this lesson the hard way when about 9 years ago the first =
horse we developed became lame. The vet palpated and couldn't find a =
problem so said to give him 2 weeks off, which we did. To make a long =
story short, this was repeated 2-3 times and the horse kept coming up =
lame when we started him back to work. Finally we decided to take him =
to a clinic 3 hrs away in Gilbert, AZ to se the specialist and hence he =
got an indepth examine and ultrsound. It was determined he had injured =
his suspensory and needed 8-12 months off for full recovery. I'm sure =
each time we attempted to start him back before knowing the problem, =
only made it worse.
Since then we always get an immediate diagnosis when we detect any =
lameness other than what might be obvious like a stone bruise, etc.
Hope this helps.
Bernita Barfield
Southwind Arabians
Sierra Vista, Az.
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