What to do about this defect???
DSLD-ESPA discussion of 22 y/o Arab broodmare with dropped fetlocks. Owner would like to ride this mare. Other horses with this condition are discussed and some owners provide photos. Click here for thread
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Welcome
My posts have been few and far between since my horse was euthanized in 2008. I am leaving this blog as a reference, and from time to time I will include links/summaries from various discussions regarding DSLD-ESPA. Please feel free to leave a comment on any post.
Links
Articles
- Differential gene expression in skin RNA of horses affected with degenerative suspensory ligament desmitis, Oct 2020
- Degenerative Suspensory Ligament Desmitis – A New Reality, Jan 2011 (PDF)
- Dr Halper's Latest Research - Jun 2010
- Conditioning Horses with DSLD - Jul 2010
- DSLD Update - Dec 09
- Progress on a Diagnostic Test for DSLD/ESPA - Jul 06
- Degenerative Ligament Disease Reaches Beyond the Limbs - Jul 06
- Degenerative Suspensory Ligament Desmitis - Apr 05
- Apr 2005 Article from Chronicle of the Horse
- AAEP 2002: Suspensory Ligament Desmitis in Peruvian Pasos
Related Reading
Saying Goodbye
Undoubtedly, one of the more difficult aspects of ownership is saying goodbye. Here are some links to various articles on the subject:
Time to Euthanize? --Susan Garlinghouse, DVM
What Would You Do in the Heat of the Moment? -- Julie Goodnight
Horse Care – When to Put a Horse Down-- Cherry Hill
At Your Mercy: Euthanasia -- EquiSearch
Time to Euthanize? --Susan Garlinghouse, DVM
What Would You Do in the Heat of the Moment? -- Julie Goodnight
Horse Care – When to Put a Horse Down-- Cherry Hill
At Your Mercy: Euthanasia -- EquiSearch
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If the day should come when I'm in pain,
And you know I won't be well again,
Promise you'll do what must be done,
If this is the battle that can't be won.
It'll break your heart, but please be kind,
Don't let your grieving sway your mind.
For this is when you'll let me see
Just how much you do love me.
... Together we've had happy years
The future now can hold no fears.
Please don't let me suffer so
When that days comes, please let me go.
For my usual vet please will you send?
But stay with me until the end.
Hold me steady, speak to me
Till my once bright eyes no longer see.
In time I hope you'll come to see
It's the last kindness you'll do for me
One more time please stroke my mane
And know that I'll have no more pain.
And don't be sad that it was you
Who decided this was what to do.
We've been such buddies through the years
Don't let me be the cause of tears.
You'll always see me graze now,
with the sun upon my back
Painful limbs won't tire me now,
however long the hack.
I live now in your heart and mind,
a lovely place to stay.
And what you have in memories,
no one can take away.
DSLD Research Donations
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| Genetic Research - Texas A&M Ms. Merrie Noak Dept of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences CVM TAMU4458 Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77843 Please make checks payable to the: | BioChemical Research - University of GA Send to: University of Georgia, Dr. Halper, 142 Vet Med 1, Athens, GA 30602-7388 Make check out to: University of Georgia *must make notation on check: "Halper DSLD/ESPA Research Fund #A912210" |
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