[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Bloat and Torsion......again...
- From: Carolyn Putnam <kleinkauf2@xxxxxxx>
- To: marhaven@xxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 13:41:20 -0800
Age doesn't always have anything to do with it. Horses will "get cast"
in their stalls or in a small paddock and in the fight to get out of the
situation, they will torsion. Digestion of their food doesn't always
have much to do with it, or stress as it can happen to a horse that is
pasturized all the time. No one has traced a genectic proficiency for it
that I know - much less through the different breeds of horses.
Carolyn Putnam
Carolyn wrote:
>I know a Breeder in our area that ONLY has German imports and she had a couple
>torsion and bloat and die. Cleaned her kennel out....switched lines....still
>happened.
>
>Recently at an Open House at our Vet's......the "Horse Vet" was giving a talk
>and
>was talking about how often horses bloat or torsion and die.
>He said it was VERY common in the middle aged horses because their organs tend
>to shrink with age and the small liver or "whatever" leaves excess space for
>the gut
>to flop around and twist and when they roll in the pasture is when they are at
>the
>greatest risk......rolling over and standing up OFTEN causes it to flip.
>Sounds kind of like the common denominator of age as it seems I hear all the
>time
>that we lose our GSD's at the age of 8yrs. more than any other time.
>The "Horse Vet" was surprised when he heard how common bloat is in canines..
>he had no idea. ( Funny how we all live in our own little world.... )
>Bull Dog Breeder near us told us that bloat is a HUGE problem in Bull
>Dogs....now
>talk about a Breed that is opposite GSD's in every way.........<G>
>People with working dogs will tell you it is right after they have worked
>their dogs
>for some intesnse trial work.......
>
>Carolyn marhaven@xxxxxxx
>www.marhaven.com
>
>
>
>>From: "Terry Cochran" <fairway97045@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>>
>>>> Do you think that loose ligaments has any thing to do with it? could it
>>>>
>>>>
>>be that as dogs get older things just are not as tight, which leads to the
>>stomach twisting?>>>> There are German dogs that bloat but not all
>>
>>
>German lines are tightly> ligamented.>>>> Terry
> *****************************************>
>
>
>>Absolutely!! At least in my dogs. Every dog I had who torsioned was past 10
>>years of age. Add stress to that( my ROM bitch) the day of my daughters
>>wedding, she did pull through, and lived a year or two longer.>
>>Beryl Eshom....who is taking a break from the food processor making
>>cranberry orange relish.> >
>>
>>
>
>
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