> exposed to the cullicoides and develop immunities. It's not the > breeding > that's the problem. It's the importing of adult horses. The only > real way > to avoid SE ALMOST totally, so far, is to have horses born in a > similar > climate. That at least puts the SE rate at the same level as for > any other > horses born in the same area.
Yes you are correct, I had it wrong...I have been doing a lot of reading these past couple of days....and just amazed how we with MANY imported horses, just do not have it. I can count 11 Imported Icelandic horses on island....and about 15 domestic bred...6 bred on island the others in California...I am just amazed, and count ourselves lucky, as a state with very few Icelandics, I sure would not have wanted this issue..... Amazing as we are a humid island, no matter what area, their are bugs everywhere.... And Karen to address the other issue...our island is kinda weird, it has 11 out of 13 climate zones...dry hot desert to rain forests, to areas that look just like S. Calif., snow and blizzard area, wetlands, just about any climate you want, this island has it....and in a relatively small space.....I just count ourselves lucky that we do not have this issue. The one issue that we do have is the mane and forelock.....they break off and we can not get their mane and forelock to grow long as it should be in our area....in other areas of the island it grows well, but not where Salkly and I live. Its hard to look at our Stallions picture in Iceland, with all his mane and now look at him...its only about 6 -8 inches long, half the length or more than it was before here....we are trying MTG to see if that helps....its really a cosmetic thing, but it bothers us. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
