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08-28-2012, 08:14 PM
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yeah, went to drf site to see if there was more, and i see it's colitis. that's awful, sorry to hear it.
hoping for the best...said he's stable, but no real improvement. and the vet said he's worried to death, and mentioned the fear of founder. 
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08-28-2012, 09:48 PM
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Paynter found to have colitis; vet expresses great concern
By Jay Privman Paynter on Tuesday night was described as being seriously ill by Dr. Mark Cheney, the respected equine veterinarian who is overseeing his treatment, who said the Haskell Invitational winner has colitis - an inflammation of the colon - and that a principle concern now is also founder. "I'm worried to death," Cheney said in a telephone interview. "You've got to keep your fingers crossed. Just hope and pray."
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08-28-2012, 11:04 PM
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yeah, for whatever reason (i don't think they've found why yet) stomach ailments such as colic and colitis have a connection to developing laminitis. i'm just hoping all ends well for him.
i don't know that there's been a crop of horses as star-crossed as this one. it's unreal.
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08-29-2012, 12:31 AM
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I was looking up some things about colitis and it was suggested that Swale actually may've suffered from that, but it sure sounds like he was struck more suddenly than Landaluce or Paynter. Would the effects occur that soon? You could gallop and then drop dead within 30 minutes? I'd always thought it was a heart attack, but apparently the autopsy didn't indicate heart damage.
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08-29-2012, 01:58 AM
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Colon in horse relatively much physically larger part of digestive system, horse colon has additional different functions than human (ferment substrates). So "inflammation of the colon" (= colitis) not the same impact in omnivore vs herbivore due to vastly different colons.
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08-29-2012, 07:51 AM
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