Medical science donation?

[Pearlsasinger]

That’s what I imagined happened, I’ve taken horses on a one way trip and no one asked what was wanted after they were dead.

So they are not available for disection then?

 

[bonny]

So they are not available for disection then?

I’m failing to understand your question ?

 

[Elf On A Shelf]

I want my big chestnut lad to go to the vet school for a PM, one of the vets there is quite keen to have him too as he cheated death. He pretty much severed his heart out of his body when he fell racing. And yet 14 years later - of which he raced on for another 4 - He is still alive and well! The heart is the interesting bit.

I have done some disections on legs, hooves and hearts. I weirded people at work out when I started pulling the tendon and the hoof started moving! The weirdest part about doing the disections was the cold. You get so used to feeling a horses legs when they are alive nothing quite prepares you for feeling the first time when they are long dead.

 

[Pearlsasinger]

I’m failing to understand your question ?

You suggested upthread that vet schools would have enough horses 'in situ' to not require any to be donated for disection/research but as we have learned, they don't. Their bodies have to be incinerated upon death.

 

[bonny]

You suggested upthread that vet schools would have enough horses 'in situ' to not require any to be donated for disection/research but as we have learned, they don't. Their bodies have to be incinerated upon death.

I have no idea apart from knowing they have dead horses although I don’t see why they can’t be dissected before being incinerated. unless your horse had an interesting medical problem why would they require more dead horses ? I did say this was a morbid thread earlier !

 

[ester]

You suggested upthread that vet schools would have enough horses 'in situ' to not require any to be donated for disection/research but as we have learned, they don't. Their bodies have to be incinerated upon death.

you can dissect then incinerate, otherwise nothing could have a PM. It depends on facilities, but we had a shared pm room with the vet school that was used for teaching (I was only ever involved with the farm animal/defra side so can't say for certain about the horses, but everything out of there was incinerated.