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carrieb

Posted on Sunday, Oct 5, 2008 - 9:39 pm:

I have a 14yr. TB/Cylde cross last fall in late sept. he had a fear 104 the vet came he did blood work which was normal We put him on an antibiotic the vet thought he might hear a little infection in the lungs We treated him for 10 days fever gone be still not himself altogether we treated him with antibiotics for three 10 days courses. When he would be off the antibiotics and I would ride his fever would come back every time I tried to exercise him finally after all 3 courses of antibiotics (over 2 months) he seemed better.
Everything was fine this spring I rode all spring and summer no problems but again this time the first of sept. he developed a fever 104 shortness of breath and fast heart rate (60) and he seemed achy.After one course of antibiotics he seemed fine I did some trail riding but then the shortness of breath and heart rate when he exercises lightly returned. He is over weight but that didn't seem to bother him all summer We thought acorns might be a problem last year. I repeated blood work this year

results range
Glucose 95 60-125
Urea Nitrogen 16 8-26
Creatinine 1.0 1.0-2.2
Total Protein 7.5 5.4-7.8
Albumin 3.2 2.3-3.8
Total Bilirubin 1.2 0.8-3.2
Alkaline Phosphatase 282 50-250
AST(SGOT) 322 180-380
Cholesterol 94 50-140
Calcium 11.3 10.8-13.5
Phosphorus 3.9 2.0-5.0
Sodium 134 134-146
Potassium 4.0 2.4-4.7
Chloride 99 97-108
Globulin 4.3 2.2-4.4
CPK 487 100-300
GGTP 103 1-35
LDH 394 150-450

Hemoglobin 12.8 11.0-17.0
Hematocrit 36.0 32.0-50.0
WBC 6.9 5.5-12.5
RBC 6.95 7.00-12.00
MCV 52 34-58
MCH 18.4 12-19
MCHC 35.6 31-36
Platelet Count 197 100-400
Platelet Estimate Adequate

Differential Absolute%
Neutrophils 3933 57 2600-7500
Bands 0 0 0-300
Lymphocytes 2346 34 1500-7700
Monocytes 345 5 0-1000
Eosinophils 207 3 0-1000
Basophils 69 1 0-290
This blood work was run after the horse had been on antibiotics for 5 days
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