RE: Heart Murmurs in Fjords

2012-02-18 Thread Gail Russell
This message is from: Gail Russell My husband has a heart that skips a beat. Not strictly a murmur, but I wonder if the vets are mislabeling an irregular heart beat (in terms of rhythm) as a "murmur." My understanding is that a murmur is a sound of a valve not closing and blood running wh

Re: Heart Murmurs in Fjords

2012-02-18 Thread Robin Churchill
This message is from: Robin Churchill From: Beillard We have had him ultrasounded twice, Cheryl, What do they say the results of the ultrasounds show? As in people, the prognosis for this horse depends on what the cause of the murmur is. Some people, for example, have what we call innocent m

Re: How much can a Fjord Horse pull

2012-02-18 Thread Sara Faull
This message is from: Sara Faull This is an interesting thread for us, since we train primarily for draft. We have four acres of vegetables that we only use horses to do the work. This requires a broad array of implements. We train our horses by spending a lot of time on ground driving- a

heart murmurs

2012-02-18 Thread Debby
This message is from: "Debby" I'd had my old "Larry", percheron/tb cross diagnosed with a heart murmur at 18yrs. of age. That’s when I got him. He'd been a hunt horse and when he got to be about 16yrs. of age, the owners noticed he wasn't able to keep up the pace, and he was one of their baby

Re: Heart Murmurs in Fjords

2012-02-18 Thread Bonnie Morris
This message is from: Bonnie Morris Hello everyone This has been an issue that I have discussed with a few vets and other horse owners.I have a mare (not fjord). When she was born she did not get any colostrum. For some reason mom did not produce any. The foal had to be on antibiotics

Heart Murmurs in Fjords

2012-02-18 Thread Beillard
This message is from: Beillard >> Hi everyone, I've been off the list for a long time, it seems, but reading >> it regularly. Have been way to much time working and travelling, to my >> liking. However, I thought the post about blood values was a good segue >> into asking the List about who