Re: RC: RE:Uh oh the LD thing again

["C.M.Newell" <reshan@deyr.ultranet.com>]

At 07:03 AM 11/1/99 PST, you wrote:
>My arab mare when trotting out appears to be off. She has a huge gash in her 
>leg from a 8mth old filly vs. fence.(So the previous owner tells me) She 
>just kind of trots higher on that leg a bit. Vets automatically think she is 
>off. I have to tell them it is only a handicap for her. So if we have a 
>horse with an odd trot or gait that that is off??


	I have been at rides where there was a horse with a mechanical gait
aberration. SOP is for all the ride vets to see the horse at the vet in,
and observe the movement.


>BTW My former TWH (God rest her soul) never trotted out she would rack out 
>sometimes 

When evaluating for lameness, so long as the horse holds one gait and
doesn't mix them during the "trot" out, it's usually fairly easy to
determine lame vs. sound.


> If a horse has an odd 
>way of going don't you think (maybe some vets do) it would be a grand ideer 
>to make that in your pre-vet-in before the ride notes? On the riders card? 
>some vets are not always gonna be around to say hey joe I pre vetted that 
>horse he's gotta funny walk.


You got the idea!

				--CMNewell, DVM


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