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Location: USA | What are everyone's thoughts on bone spurs on the fetlock on a young horse? I haven't really ran this guy, he's been to one futurity and a few jackpots. He felt off the other day so I had him vet checked and the Xray showed the spur. | |
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| Ultr Oz and then feed Structural a Detox and Painaway to help dissolve it | |
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Location: USA | Should it be concerning on one so young? What are the resale values on this? | |
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| Dreamingofcans - 2015-02-21 3:52 AM
Should it be concerning on one so young? What are the resale values on this?
If he is sound it shouldn't. | |
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| Spurs can occur for a number of reasons, mainly there has been damage to that area of some sort.
If the spur is calcified, generally they only get worse in my experience, if the spur is not calcified, a good vet can use tildren for the body to reabsorb it, then it will never come back. I had this done to one who developed a spur due to a wire cut to the bone.
It also depends on where the spur is, if it is in the joint, or where a tendon or ligament runs, this can be a career ender. A spur can hook on the tendon and tear it to shreds over the yrs. if a spur develops in the joint, routine injections will prolong the career.
The research is iffy still on calcified spurs, some say the spur will come back even if it is removed, and some says it won't, so mostly depends on the horse.
Will it affect the price, absolutely
Especially in your case as you said the horse felt off, so the spur is already causing problems | |
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Location: USA | cheryl makofka - 2015-02-21 12:14 PM Spurs can occur for a number of reasons, mainly there has been damage to that area of some sort. If the spur is calcified, generally they only get worse in my experience, if the spur is not calcified, a good vet can use tildren for the body to reabsorb it, then it will never come back. I had this done to one who developed a spur due to a wire cut to the bone. It also depends on where the spur is, if it is in the joint, or where a tendon or ligament runs, this can be a career ender. A spur can hook on the tendon and tear it to shreds over the yrs. if a spur develops in the joint, routine injections will prolong the career. The research is iffy still on calcified spurs, some say the spur will come back even if it is removed, and some says it won't, so mostly depends on the horse. Will it affect the price, absolutely Especially in your case as you said the horse felt off, so the spur is already causing problems
It's in his fetlock | |
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| Dreamingofcans - 2015-02-21 12:30 PM
cheryl makofka - 2015-02-21 12:14 PM Spurs can occur for a number of reasons, mainly there has been damage to that area of some sort. If the spur is calcified, generally they only get worse in my experience, if the spur is not calcified, a good vet can use tildren for the body to reabsorb it, then it will never come back. I had this done to one who developed a spur due to a wire cut to the bone. It also depends on where the spur is, if it is in the joint, or where a tendon or ligament runs, this can be a career ender. A spur can hook on the tendon and tear it to shreds over the yrs. if a spur develops in the joint, routine injections will prolong the career. The research is iffy still on calcified spurs, some say the spur will come back even if it is removed, and some says it won't, so mostly depends on the horse. Will it affect the price, absolutely Especially in your case as you said the horse felt off, so the spur is already causing problems
It's in his fetlock
Actually in the joint?
What did the vet have to say about it | |
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