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Gerard van lohuizen
| | Posted on Monday, May 28, 2007 - 9:04 pm: |   |
Hi I’m gerard and live in curacao ned. ant. We have just bought 5 race horses from Venezuela, they are tested for Piroplasmosis equine and two are tested positive. the vet wants sacrifice them. Who can help me out here. Is there no cure for these horses, is this they only way out. We have 7 days to decide if we are sending them back or sacrifice them. I hope there is a cure for them. Please help me out. |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM
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Username: dro
Post Number: 18572
Registered: 1-1997
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 29, 2007 - 7:05 am: | |
Hello Gerard,
Much depends on the type of piroplasmosis your horses have, there are 2 types. To read more about this and the treatments available, and the prognosis see, Diseases of Horses » Cardiovascular, Blood, and Immune System » Piroplasmosis In Horses.
DrO |
CherylA
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Username: canderso
Post Number: 363
Registered: 3-2000
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 29, 2007 - 7:43 am: | |
Oh Gerard, I am so very sorry.
Do you even have the option to treat? (In Canada, my understanding is that we don't.)
Also, weren't they tested pre-export?
Good luck - my fingers are crossed (Importing horses is such a gamble!!!)
Cheryl |
Gerard van lohuizen
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Username: gerardlo
Post Number: 2
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 29, 2007 - 9:38 pm: | |
hi DrO,
tanks for your reaction. my horse is infected with the virus Babesia equi. is there a cure or a treatment for these horses. or is the only way the sacrifice. Here we don't have a law that regulates these cases. The chief vet her don't want to give us a second opinion. now we are trying to reach our goal by using a lawyer.
maybe with your help we can reach more success.
please send me a message by my email gerardlow@hotmail.com |
Gerard van lohuizen
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Username: gerardlo
Post Number: 3
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 29, 2007 - 9:41 pm: | |
Chery thanks for your support. lets hope we can save these horses. i will keep you informed
gerard |
CherylA
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Username: canderso
Post Number: 365
Registered: 3-2000
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - 7:33 am: | |
Dr O,
The government vet doing the quarantine on my mares mentioned that current thinking is that Babesiosis may be spread by biting insects. Have you heard this?
My fingers remain crossed, Gerard. Be thankful you are not in Canada...
Cheryl |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM
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Username: dro
Post Number: 18586
Registered: 1-1997
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - 8:32 am: | |
Guys we answer the disease transmission and treatment questions in the article referenced above. There are also discussions by others in similar situations as Gerard.
DrO |
CherylA
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Username: canderso
Post Number: 368
Registered: 3-2000
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - 2:49 pm: | |
Dr. O.
Sorry to not be clear - the vet was referring to mosquitoes. Your articles and references are pretty clear about the vector being ticks. Thing is, this is 2007 and I was wondering if there was any new thinking... |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM
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Username: dro
Post Number: 18597
Registered: 1-1997
| | Posted on Thursday, May 31, 2007 - 6:03 am: | |
Whether mosquitoes readily transmit Babesia, say by feeding off an infected horse then feeding off a uninfected horse and acting as a fomite, is not a well studied question. We do know that mosquitoes tend to be fastidious feeders. That is there is not a lot of slop from one meal to the next and for chronically infected horses the parasitemia is very low. It is likely they are not effective transmitters of this disease.
DrO |
