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| 1579.1 | Other ways to Mark | BRAT::FULTZ | | Mon Jan 13 1992 12:39 | 8 |
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Are there other way to mark a horse..?
Our dogs are tattooed.. I know that they do it to race horses
I was just wondering if they could do it like they do dogs..?
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| 1579.2 | Basics on freeze marking and possible answers | DECWET::JDADDAMIO | Admire spirit in horses & women! | Mon Jan 13 1992 13:56 | 29 |
| Freeze marking is done with "branding irons" chilled by liquid
nitrogen. The hair of the area to be branded is clipped as close to the
skin as a vet would do before performing surgery. This is so that the iron
has direct contact with the skin. The chilled iron is held against the
skin for a varying number of seconds according to the color of the horse.
For gray horses or horses which have white hair in the area to be
marked, the iron is left in place long enough to cause bald spots in
the shape of the iron. For other color horses, the iron is in contact
with the skin only long enough to kill the pigmentation cells in the
hair root. This causes the hair to grow back as white where the iron
touched the skin.
This method of marking is painless. We had several horses marked this
way about 10 years ago. One objected to the clipping(on the neck in our
case) because she was not used to clippers on the neck. They did NOT
object to the cold iron AT ALL. The branded skin was injured only
slightly and recovered in a week or two. During that time, the injured
skin would attract flies so it's best to do this when flies are out of
season.
Re the gray horse with the fading freeze brand. Are the bald spots
re-growing hair or is the surrounding hair just masking the mark?
Was the horse perhaps young enough to still have color when marked? If
it was still a bay, chestnut or whatever when marked, the person who
marked it may not have realized that it was a gray and marked it as a
bay or whatever. That would result in the white of the mark blending in
with the white/gray hairs of the gray coat as the horse grays with age.
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| 1579.3 | Try clipping the area | MR4DEC::GCOOK | Save the Skeets | Mon Jan 13 1992 14:27 | 7 |
| If you have a gray horse, try clipping the area where the mark is...
if it was done correctly, clipping will reveal the number right on
the skin almost like scar tissue. Even on a dark horse I would
think clipping would help you read the number. It's hard to see
what you're looking at when the white hairs get too long.
Gwen
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| 1579.4 | Thank you for all the replies so far! | QETOO::ZBROWN | | Mon Jan 13 1992 15:23 | 11 |
| RE: 2
The hair has grown in on the freeze mark all white but he is
turning white so... I'll wait until spring and see how much
has faded this time. You can't see it all right now with his
winter coat. He was much darker when I got him but, like most
grays, they lighten up with age.
Thank you-
Zina
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| 1579.5 | All International | ASABET::NICKERSON | KATHIE NICKERSON 223-2025 | Tue Jan 14 1992 08:20 | 7 |
| Zina...
Check with International. He was done young but even then he was grey.
If you feel he should be done again, International may have someone in
the area or we could get a group together for the area.
Let us know what happens.
Kathie
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| 1579.6 | | QETOO::ZBROWN | | Tue Jan 14 1992 11:36 | 6 |
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Thank you Kathie, I'll let you know what happens.
Zina
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