Got curious about torsion in horses while reading All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot. The book takes place in the 1930s, but when I did a quick search it seems it is as deadly now.
ETA: By veterinary medicine I mean all treatments, including surgery, not just drugs.
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It’s sorta how getting shot in the gut is still pretty much just as deadly now as it was in world war 2. It’s not an illness or disease you can just vaccinate for — it’s a mechanical emergency situation for which if you don’t get surgery right away you’re pretty much doneskies.
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