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| My good horse was fine at 2PM, go out at 5PM yesterday and he is grade 3+/4 on left hind leg. He has an old injury (Spavin) and was injected in september. Been sound and competing well ever since. I called vet and met her at the clinic within 45 minutes. SHe does basic exam, checks back, stifle, feels for pulse in feet. He doesnt walk on toe, walks flat on foot when asked. Showed some reaction to palpating the hock but not much. SHe doesn't feel its abcess. Bute 5 days and re evaluate. If still off then reinject hock. MY QUESTION: For horses with spavin type injuries in hock, is Adequan or pentosan better long term. I have both. He already gets polyglycan couple times a month. We are hoping to get the hock fused eventually. Thats why we inject only Steroid and not HA. Thanks! |
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| I disagree with injecting steriod as the steroid residual actually impairs healing. My vet no longer completed surgical fusion on steroid injected horses as they do not heal properly and he says waste of money.
My gut would say abscess, did she use hoof testers? Did she X-ray the hock and did she X-ray the foot. With a sudden change in the hock I would be xraying to ensure nothing else happened.
A really good X-ray machine and vet can see abscesses in the foot via X-ray.
I have never had a horse go 3 legged lame over night due to hocks, but have had if happen with abscesses |
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| My horse doesn't have a spavin, and I haven't used Pentosan. But he does have terribly bad hocks, and adequan keeps him feeling great and 100% sound. I love it. He is dead lame without it. No injections or other maintenance, just adequan once a month. Sorry not to be a whole lot of help, just thought I'd tell you adequan has worked miracles on my horse. |
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| I had a gelding with a few bone spurs (too hard to get at by surgery) and some arthritis. I kept him sound on Adequan once a month. When there was the big shortage, then I went to Pentosan as I could get it and he needed something. It kept him sound maybe 2 weeks. I would strongly suggest Adequan over the Pentosan. |
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| Thanks everyone! Looks like Adequan is the route to go. I can order some and get another loading round started. We didnt take any xrays last night. It was dark and that would have been difficult. If after 5 days he is not improving off the bute then we will xray and go from there. In the meantime, adequan it is. Thanks!
I would add that if a horse got to playing around in his pen and slipped a leg or hit a fence etc, then it sounds totally possible for a hock to be injured almost instantly correct?
Edited by FLITASTIC 2014-12-11 1:43 PM
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| Answer to your second question: yes, of course. An injury is an injury :) He could've fallen or taken a really harsh step...just like we could, and we could be hurt! I sure hope he gets better with bute and days off...maybe cold hose or use ice too? Can't hurt, right? |
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Location: Midwest | FLITASTIC - 2014-12-11 1:40 PM Thanks everyone! Looks like Adequan is the route to go. I can order some and get another loading round started. We didnt take any xrays last night. It was dark and that would have been difficult. If after 5 days he is not improving off the bute then we will xray and go from there. In the meantime, adequan it is. Thanks! I would add that if a horse got to playing around in his pen and slipped a leg or hit a fence etc, then it sounds totally possible for a hock to be injured almost instantly correct?
Mine slipped when stretched out to pee and he had a huge leg in about 10 minutes... but it was tree trunk style, so I bet you would have noticed. |
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| FLITASTIC - 2014-12-11 11:40 AM Thanks everyone! Looks like Adequan is the route to go. I can order some and get another loading round started. We didnt take any xrays last night. It was dark and that would have been difficult. If after 5 days he is not improving off the bute then we will xray and go from there. In the meantime, adequan it is. Thanks! I would add that if a horse got to playing around in his pen and slipped a leg or hit a fence etc, then it sounds totally possible for a hock to be injured almost instantly correct?
You likely know this but bute will impede the progess of having an abscess blowing out if that is what it turns out to be. Hope your horse is okay. |
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| Thanks all, yep, I know Bute will prevent the access from coming out. When I got home today he felt tooooo good! Bucking and kicking and going sound. He needed exercised so bad I went ahead and rode at a WALK for 15 minutes. I'm going to trust my vet its not an abcess. She has been my vet for 15 years and never did me wrong yet. All my horses with abcessess, they all walked on their toe. |
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