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What illness or ailment do you fear most for your horse2007-11-24 21:19:03

The one thing I dread is pneumonia in foals (a third die regardless of treatment) or MRLS (mare reproductive loss syndrome). Was curious what other owners, breeders, trainers feared most going wrong with their animals and if or what preventative action you take.

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Have to go with colic. Seen too many horses die from it. Last season was one of the scariest for me, came back from lunch break a little early and I always walk down the aisle to look at all of them. Found a baby thrashing. We all carry radios & I called the office to get the vet back on the farm (he was done with breeding duties & had left) The breeding manag. drove down with the anti thrash, I already had banamine but couldn't get it in her- I was hollering on the radio for them to just drive the golf cart down the aisle The scariest part of the ordeal was seeing that baby throw her self down so violently over & over, she was oblivious to me when I yanked the mare out & went in to try to keep her up, took 3 of us to subdue her on the ground to get meds into her. There was no keeping her up, just tried to keep her still. The vet came back about 1/2 hr later & declared her twisted, which was pretty obvious. I'll just never forget that baby thrashing so violently & colicking that badly so quickly.

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The one thing I fear is Colic. It happens so often in horses...yet can be fatal. I have a 25+ yr old Arab gelding so I worry alot about that because I am not sure if he would pull through it. There is so many things out there that can affect a horse..it is scary!

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I don't have a hors ebut anything that has potential to be fatal or extremely dangerous would scare me.

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For me, I worry about colic and founder most.