>>> where did you get this figure? and what makes you say that the disease is so unmanageable that the horse is guaranteed misery?
By talking to people who've actually owned significant numbers of both domestics and imports in a similar climate as I live in, on the east coast. >From seeing horses who suffer with SE. And by having one very reputable breeder/seller refuse to sell me a horse known to have had SE, because I live in an SE zone. From listening to people on these lists, asking for help in placing their horses in other climates, to find the horses some relief. Just ask - but ask people who don't have a vested interest in your believing one way or the other. When I first looked at buying Icelandics, I was lucky enough to find people who owned both domestics and imports for sale. When I've talked to people who only import, I've gotten another story altogether. Karen Karen Thomas
