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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell
If a horse shows a propensity to bleed even a small amount they have a greater chance of bleeding signifigntly in the future. Since very few horses come with crystal balls to tell us if today is the day that we bleed badly it is used as a preventative measure in many cases.
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Vet has to give the OK in the first place but not thereafter?
And does the horse have to bleed.
In other words, if a horse has never bled, Lasix is
still used, or bleeding must have occurred.
And then
once it occurs, since it is likely the horse will bleed again,
its used as prevention.