On Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 07:16:49AM -0500, Karen Thomas wrote: > >>> like i was worried about moving a horse from low-se country to the swamp > we call new england in the summer. > > >>> Kentucky? > > >>>>>no, colorado. different horse. > > Since we have some new people on the list, maybe we should review the risks > for SE, or Summer Eczema. It shouldn't really matter where you move the > horse FROM as the last home, so much as where the horse was born. Summer > Eczema is a condition seen in MANY imported Icelandic's, It's no more common > in domestic bred Icelandics than it is in any other domestic-bred breed.
my vet commented (wrt a friesian/morgan cross we sold last summer) that for whatever reason, summer '06 seemed to be on the rise in non-icelandic horses in her care. so for *any* breed, it may be safest to do your horse shopping in high-bug season :) good luck, --vicka
