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Location: Alabama | My horse is currently being treated for an ulcer in his eye... Who else has felt with this and what was the out come? |
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Location: Tulsa, Ok | I would recommend that the vet take a culture to ascertain that the proper medication is being administered to target the cause - bacterial, viral or fungal. Eye ulcers are serious, painful business and eyes can melt down rapidly. You do not want to waste time guesing about meds. |
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Location: Alabama | We've been using the opthomologist at the vet school, she has him on MULITIPLE medications and has and spl medical port behind his eye for now, I'm just wondering whose felt with them and if they cleanered up to performance ready again |
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Location: Louisiana | I just lost a battle with a corneal ulcer in one of my horses eye and the eye had to be removed. Although I was very devastated I am proud to say that I ran Pistol this weekend for the first time since the lost and he did awesome. Actually clocked faster than he had ever done in that arena. Ulcers are very difficult to deal with. I wish you the best of luck |
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| The vets actually sewed a flap over the ulcer after treating it and then sewed his eyelid shut for three days. Later we took him back in to remove the stitches on the eye and he healed up great with no problems in his vision. It has to be treated quickly and correctly, or it can go bad and cause lasting impairment or loss of the eye. |
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Location: Gainesville, TX | We dealt with this back in February. Mare got it from getting hay in both eyes during a trailer ride. All my horses now trailer with fly masks.
Anyway, we caught it quick, as soon as she stepped out of the trailer because of the swelling. I had a vet out within about 4 hours of unloading her (we got home from Georgia with her at like 3-4 AM). Anyway, the vet confirmed it was corneal ulcers. We had tons of different medicines we were giving her. An antifungal, two antibiotics, an anti-inflammatory (including oral banamine). She was stalled and wearing a fly mask the entire time too to prevent light sensitivity. The first two to three days we treated her really aggressively every two hours. After she had a good prognosis on the third day we went to treating her every four hours and then every six the last couple days of the week. At the end of 10 days she was good to go. Haven't had a problem since. The trick is early detection and aggressive treatment. The lavage tubes in their eyes also make them much easier to treat. Even with all that said, our vet confirmed that in about 50% of cases, some type of infection is contracted and the horse may have more permanent damage. We were one of the lucky ones.
http://forums.barrelhorseworld.com/forum/forums/thread-view.asp?tid...
ETA: Looking back at my old thread I didn't remember that it was like six different medicines including atropine to dilate her eyes. We also got in at like 6 AM. That was in February so my memory is a bit faulty. Main note is it ended well.
Edited by oija 2014-06-24 8:34 AM
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