On Fri, Mar 09, 2007 at 09:55:17AM -0500, Anneliese Virro wrote: > Most of the horses we imported developed SE here in KY. The one imported > horse we still have that had not developed SE during her first 9 years in > this country showed some signs of it last year. I have not been able to keep > track of all the imported horses we sold but of those I did keep track of, [...] > So no, this is not a clinical study, just 25 years of experience with > Icelandics. Incidentally, no horse born here has ever developed SE. I also > do not know first hand of any horse born in the US or Canada to have > developed SE. > > You should know that doing a real clinical study involves huge resources of > labor and money that I do not have. But my experience is good enough for me > to shape my decisions.
thanks for sharing the details of how you came to your views. that was very informative :) as i think i mentioned earlier, my vet's anecdote was that last summer was the worst yet in her experience for se in non-iceys. we had a horrible problem with a horse we had actually already sold (a morgan/ friesian cross) b/c her new owner didn't want to finish paying for her (or return her either) after she developed severe se. i guess if it turns out to be a problem for stjarni, maybe i'll finally have an excuse to move to say new mexico ;) i am still curious if a serious study has been done on the subject (since i've seen so many different figures, and the 20-30% one at least came from an academic source) but my access to veterinary literature isn't the greatest :/ i wonder if i can persuade someone at the tufts library to look it up for me? if i manage that i will post what i find out here, if folks like. thanks again, --vicka
