Re: RC: Re: Starved horses

[Tivers@aol.com]

In a message dated 3/29/99 3:51:50 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
suendavid@worldnet.att.net writes:

<< I'll look it up and let y'all know.  My understanding was that once it got
 to the point of cartilage tissues breaking down, you wouldn't be able to
 bring them back 100%, but starving them to that point is pretty extreme.
 Possibly there's a difference between energy starvation and long-term
 protein starvation...?
 
 Susan G >>

Cartilage destruction/repair is problematic. But cartilage destruction is
pretty far down the catabolism curve--just as it's difficult to rebuild
cartilage through nourishment, it is also difficult to destroy it through lack
of nourishment. Hopefully, proper nutrition is restored before there is
nothing left in the joint to work with. 

ti 


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