New Posts For Thread: Anyone worried about the Paul Nicholls string??https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/28930459/anyone-worried-about-the-paul-nicholls-stringI know he had Zarkander yesterday who was a fortunate winner....but he has had a lot that have run like a drain....worrying stuff if you are a follower...anyone else concerned???or is it just nothing??Maybe they have a better judgement of vets than Henderson....https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/28930459/anyone-worried-about-the-paul-nicholls-string?post_id=516659251#516659251Maybe they have a better judgement of vets than Henderson....Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:08:29 -0600Amazing what you can find out on wikipediaIn all seriousness though I can't believe Paul Nicholls and his vet(s) aren't aware of all the downsides that you have listed so they presuambly have additional information to hand (or based on experience) thhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/28930459/anyone-worried-about-the-paul-nicholls-string?post_id=516657273#516657273Amazing what you can find out on wikipediaIn all seriousness though I can't believe Paul Nicholls and his vet(s) aren't aware of all the downsides that you have listed so they presuambly have additional information to hand (or based on experience) thTue, 21 Feb 2012 15:28:01 -0600no but I am medically qualifiedhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/28930459/anyone-worried-about-the-paul-nicholls-string?post_id=516657119#516657119no but I am medically qualifiedTue, 21 Feb 2012 15:25:32 -0600Are you a horse vet?https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/28930459/anyone-worried-about-the-paul-nicholls-string?post_id=516656029#516656029Are you a horse vet?Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:05:33 -0600yes but giving antibiotics unnecessarily is counter productive and can weaken the organism, kill intestinal flora and make it more difficult to recoverflushing with 10ppm colloidal silver (silver disrupts viral growth), dilute soltions of sodium hypohttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/28930459/anyone-worried-about-the-paul-nicholls-string?post_id=516655569#516655569yes but giving antibiotics unnecessarily is counter productive and can weaken the organism, kill intestinal flora and make it more difficult to recoverflushing with 10ppm colloidal silver (silver disrupts viral growth), dilute soltions of sodium hypoTue, 21 Feb 2012 14:55:22 -0600That's true Judo. However it can take several days to culture bacterial to diagnose infections, so antibiotics may be being used preemptively. Also in many animals (though I'm not sure about horses) viral respiratory infections often lead to secondarhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/28930459/anyone-worried-about-the-paul-nicholls-string?post_id=516655265#516655265That's true Judo. However it can take several days to culture bacterial to diagnose infections, so antibiotics may be being used preemptively. Also in many animals (though I'm not sure about horses) viral respiratory infections often lead to secondarTue, 21 Feb 2012 14:48:18 -0600it is a fact, if they are viral infections (which 95% are) that anti biotics are uselessunless they have taken cultures and grown them to find out whether they have a bacterial infectionhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/28930459/anyone-worried-about-the-paul-nicholls-string?post_id=516654689#516654689it is a fact, if they are viral infections (which 95% are) that anti biotics are uselessunless they have taken cultures and grown them to find out whether they have a bacterial infectionTue, 21 Feb 2012 14:36:49 -0600unclepuncleWhen: 20 Feb 12 12:13If they need antibiotics then they need be out of the horses system before they can runjudorickWhen: 20 Feb 12 12:21most likely viral rather than bacterial so antibiotics are pointlessCHAMPION trainer Paul Nicholls onhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/28930459/anyone-worried-about-the-paul-nicholls-string?post_id=516653979#516653979unclepuncleWhen: 20 Feb 12 12:13If they need antibiotics then they need be out of the horses system before they can runjudorickWhen: 20 Feb 12 12:21most likely viral rather than bacterial so antibiotics are pointlessCHAMPION trainer Paul Nicholls onTue, 21 Feb 2012 14:24:12 -0600paul nicholls said on Tuesday that his disclosure the previous day that some of his string are coughing had been "a little bit blown out of proportion" and that the great majority of his horses remain unaffected. "We did a load more tests this morninhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/28930459/anyone-worried-about-the-paul-nicholls-string?post_id=516650691#516650691paul nicholls said on Tuesday that his disclosure the previous day that some of his string are coughing had been "a little bit blown out of proportion" and that the great majority of his horses remain unaffected. "We did a load more tests this morninTue, 21 Feb 2012 13:14:56 -0600And here starts the unknowing that you get with a trainer with sick horses...eduardo sol opened 13-2 now 12's...punters and owners won't touch it and the games begin on everything the man runs...he may well win and punters will think there is no probhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/28930459/anyone-worried-about-the-paul-nicholls-string?post_id=516636975#516636975And here starts the unknowing that you get with a trainer with sick horses...eduardo sol opened 13-2 now 12's...punters and owners won't touch it and the games begin on everything the man runs...he may well win and punters will think there is no probTue, 21 Feb 2012 08:18:59 -0600