Epsom trainer Jim Boyle fits a sensor breast girth developed in America to his horses in training. It is featured on todays C4 Morning Line. It transmits nine heart and lung data results to a recorder. A horses heart rate can go from 20 to 220 bpm as it bursts from the stalls. North America only has two equine cardiologists.
Horses and AF : Epsom trainer Jim Boyle... - Atrial Fibrillati...
Horses and AF
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Interesting stuff! There is an equine cardiologist at Newmarket who is expert in AF, I think her name is Dr Celia Marr. I have read some interesting articles by her online. I don't have horses any longer but as a horse owner I often felt that a vet would be a good option for opinions on human health! I have treated my knee arthritis in the same way as equines (Hyaluronic acid injections given at the osteoarthritis clinic were first used in racehorses). The only problem is that they sometimes use quinidine for equine AF and that would be a bit drastic for us (side effects include instant death) oh dear!
It is surprising how they manage to keep some arthritic horses going and the benefit they make with wind operations. The best explanation I've had on AF was from a vet.
If only the NHS was as well organised as vets practices for diagnosis and treatment.
A friend who was married to a vet was put through a thorough fitness and diet regime by her and made a new man of him. In emergency she once operated on their young son. She got away with that but got suspended for six months after a complaint of her treatment of some hysterical woman's cat.
in reply to countrygirl1
and they might decide to kill you if you break a leg!
seasider18 in reply to
The injection is an easy way to go.
A horse called Palpitation won two races last month.
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Is that what's called "counter-intuitive"?
seasider18 in reply to
No, just horse sense. It had dropped to the lowest grade and probably realised that if it didn't win it was off to Pedigree Chum factory.
It was rejected because of repeated shockings!!
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