> >>> Are you saying that imported horses have a 50% rate of SE? > >Keep reading. Judy just posted a bunch of studies. > >>>>> I would like to see studies on that, as we have several imported >Icelandics, none with SE, and none of mine are suffering, they are happy, >riding, breeding, living out on huge pastures.... > >It's definitely a regional/climate thing, Storme. It's well known that >desert areas of North America are considered SE-free zones. I think Robyn >boards a few at her place who were sent there simply to get relief. Other >people have sold or given their horses to people in the more arid west. If >you don't have SE in Hawaii, count your lucky stars.
Here's a study: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1513129 (I would expect any of my (Peruvian) horses that I sold to an area with culicoides would have the liability -- they've gone three generations without encountering a midge, by living here). -- Lynn Kinsky, Santa Ynez, CA http://www.silcom.com/~lkinsky/
