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Alanna Long
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Username: along151
Post Number: 7
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, Jun 12, 2007 - 2:30 pm: |   |
I brought my horse to the vet today because she's been dropping some weight and just looks like she doesn't feel good, she's eating, drinking, etc, but isn't real interested in grazing too much or even being with the other horses. She's also normally sort of a jumpy horse, and she just doesn't seem to care about much of anything. The vet drew a blood sample for lymes and it came back negative, but he said she's positive for anaplas equi, I looked it up and this seems to fit the thread, there must be another name for it. I live in MN and the article does not mention my state? Is this a rare thing? He gave her a dose of tytracyclene IV and said I have to give her 20 tablets of doxycyclene 2 x per day for 21-30 days!! That sounds like a lot of drugs! I have two huge bottles of it with 500 pills in each. I'm concerned if my other horses may have this as well, they seem to be acting okay, but if she got it, would it be wise to take the others in for a test too? Is there any information out there as to how this might affect her in the future?
Alanna |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM
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Username: dro
Post Number: 18680
Registered: 1-1997
| | Posted on Wednesday, Jun 13, 2007 - 9:28 am: | |
Hello Alanna,
As I cannot find an organism called Anaplasmosis equi but I am fairly certain he is talking about Equine Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis which is now Anaplasma phagocytophilum (or phagocytophila in some references). Recent changes in nomenclature are covered in the article. As the article explains this organism has been found in just about every state where it has been looked for and this includes MN.
The article covers asymptomatic horses (those not showing symptoms) and the prognosis for recovery is also given in the article.
It is interesting how long your vet has chosen to treat this. I have not seen a treatment for that long recommended anywhere and checking the most recent references I still see the recommendations we list in the article. I would be interested in knowing why he feels this length of treatment prudent.
DrO |
