Re: RC: Re:Club Foot

[dluehosh@juno.com]

Youa re right. I would be much more concerned about calf knees, bench
knees, or crooked legs or strange swellings or soreness...Get the horse
prepurchased, and if you plan on doing a lot of endurance, it wouldn't
hurt to get baseline radiographs! 
Gwen Dluehosh DVM 

On Sat, 11 Sep 1999 17:47:59 EDT Dbeverly4@aol.com writes:
> In a message dated 9/11/99 11:01:12 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
> sunibey@sisqtel.net writes:
> 
> << 
>  I don't know anything about this filly's breeding, but I wouldn't 
> get any
>  horse for endurance without getting a vet or farrier to be sure 
> that she
>  doesn't have a club foot.  Just my ideas. >>
> 
> What are some of the ramifications of having a club foot?  I was 
> under the 
> impression that if its a mild condition, it isn't a problem.  


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