Re: Big bone vs small bone

[Tivers@aol.com]

In a message dated 98-06-25 21:46:22 EDT, CMKSAGEHIL writes:

<< Shin bucking is the other biggie in racehorses--actually microfractures
right under the periosteum.  I don't recall ever seeing a shin-bucked
endurance horse, at least not in recent years.
 
 Heidi >>

Different problem. Too fast, too soon. Caught in the middle of repair of
microfractures, another piece of inappropriate speed collapses the new
latticework before it can mineralize. What we were talking about was low-
density bone--the splint is the appropriate example.

ti