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| I lost an older horse is December, unknown reasons. Vet pulled blood, everything came back normal. (Here is the thread: http://forums.barrelhorseworld.com/forum/forums/thread-view.asp?tid...).
Now I have another horse with the same symptoms, problem is this horse is at my dads 14 miles away and only was with the horse we lost in December for about 2 weeks back in September. Horse is 25yrs old, acts like colic, but he is pooping and peeing fine. He just looks sick, no fever, vitals all normal, just looks and acts sick. Vet figured last horse was colitis because on his last day, he got projectile diarreha, but again no fever, vitals normal, no impaction, or nothing out of the ordinary, other than they want to lay down and look like they are not feeling good. I'm at wits end. If he isn't feeling better by tomorrow I will probably have him put down because I know what the other horse went through to try and survive and it isn't worth it. We checked for the beetles everyone told us about, but nothing. Does anyone have any ideas. This is the weirdest thing I have ever dealt with, in the 40+ years I have owned horses. My vet is at a loss. If we loose this one, we may have to do a autopsy to see if we can figure it out. I'm lost and now I'm scared for my other horses.
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 Max is Back
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Location: Flat Rock,IL | Did try to get another vets opinion?. I hope you find out what's going on. |
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 Reaching for the stars....
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| Salmonella? Botulism? |
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 You get what you give
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Location: Texas | If you have a referral hospital or vet school nearby, i would go. look for someone who is boarded in internal medicine. |
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Hungarian Midget Woman
Location: Midwest | Sounds like my horse when he was full of sand
no fever, mild colic symptoms punctuated by him laying down on and off. He would seem fine after about 36 hours and then a month later be feeling bad again.
Finally took him to the university, they U/S'd him and saw all the sand in his distal colon.
They pumped him with psyllium and I fed him more for about 2 months everyday.
I keep up with the psyllium and he is fine now, no issues. |
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Location: Where I am happiest | ~~
A new disease has been cropping up recently among horses in the Hudson Valley. It is called Coronavirus, and causes fever, loss of appetite, dullness, and mild colic. Some horses develop a high ammonia level, which can cause neurologic signs. Diarrhea is uncommon but may occur. It is most commonly seen in the winter months in adult horses, and is contagious. Testing for the virus is by PCR of fresh feces. Treatment is supportive, and may include fluids and anti-inflammatories
Our vet posted this on his facebook page just the other day. |
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 Chasin my Dream
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Location: Alberta | Corona virus is not a new disease for any species of livestock, most commonly it will flair up in younger calves or foals, but not limited to adult animals.
Fecal sample tested? Scoop of upper respiratory tract? (Which is where corona causes damage along with intestines)
Id be calling any and all vets in my area.... |
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Common Sense and then some
Location: So. California | Does he have gut sounds? What do they sound like at the lowest point of the belly? Has bloodwork been done on this horse? Fecal exam? |
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| dream_chaser - 2014-03-04 2:21 PM
Corona virus is not a new disease for any species of livestock, most commonly it will flair up in younger calves or foals, but not limited to adult animals.
Fecal sample tested? Scoop of upper respiratory tract? (Which is where corona causes damage along with intestines)
Id be calling any and all vets in my area....
^^ This - Coronavirus is not new by any stretch of the imagination. I'd have your vet pull a fecal and blood samples and send it via overnight on ice to a reputable Vet School with diagnostics - ask for a full panel workup. The vet will probably have to pull more than one vial of blood to do so. |
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The Advice Guru
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| Could be old age?
Noxious weeds,
Electrolyte imbalance.
The horse is 25 years old, this one may just be deteoriating |
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