Re: Any one remember Tracy Mesienbach?

On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 11:14:31 -0700 (PDT), Trinityapp
<thehorsediary@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


You are incorrect Dr. Newell. The colt had his throat ripped out. He
was taken down by a large dog that was probably a chow/lab mix. This
is the second attack we've had by loose town dogs in the past 5 years.
It is a major problem here.
Since I had to send in photos to the insurance company, and insurance
fraud is a federal crime, then it would be extremely stupid to send in
photos that aren't real. The dog that attacked the colt had rabies,
his body was found and tested a few days after the attack.

"Secondly Dr. Scarrow was not here during the attack, he arrived after
the colt was already dead. He made a speculative assessment of rabies
due to the description of the attack, not because of any prior
treatment or observation. Dr. Scarrow suggested that due to the
aggressiveness of the attack that rabies was a probability, and
through subsequent lab testing we found this to be the case."

OK--the above is a quote from your husband's letter.
Where does he say that the horse did not have rabies?

According to the VA department of publich health, the sole reported
case of equine rabies to date in VA was in Campbell County.
Was that a different horse?

If indeed the colt was attacked by a rabid dog, I stand corrected as
to the proximate cause of death.
However, if the colt tested positive for rabies, the bite was prior to
having his throat torn out, and could just as easily have been from
wildlife as from the dog.
.

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