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Bad horse injury.
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<blockquote data-quote="jersey lilly" data-source="post: 217302" data-attributes="member: 2258"><p>That chunk of meat you see on the lower side of the wound is the pec muscle. It was completely severed. Chest wounds on horses cannot be sutured, unless its superficial. The movement of walking alone will tear the stitches out, much less if they were to run. It's an area of the horse when injured looks worse than it really is. Since there is such good blood flow to the area they heal relatively well. Normally the pec muscle is only about 1/2 inch thick. you can see in the photo it was about 3 inches thick due to swelling. The swelling doesn't go away for a longggggg time.</p><p>Swelling and the oozing liquids you see coming from wounds is their body's natural defense mechanism at work.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jersey lilly, post: 217302, member: 2258"] That chunk of meat you see on the lower side of the wound is the pec muscle. It was completely severed. Chest wounds on horses cannot be sutured, unless its superficial. The movement of walking alone will tear the stitches out, much less if they were to run. It's an area of the horse when injured looks worse than it really is. Since there is such good blood flow to the area they heal relatively well. Normally the pec muscle is only about 1/2 inch thick. you can see in the photo it was about 3 inches thick due to swelling. The swelling doesn't go away for a longggggg time. Swelling and the oozing liquids you see coming from wounds is their body's natural defense mechanism at work. [/QUOTE]
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