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Howard Durand
| | Posted on Tuesday, Nov 2, 1999 - 10:17 pm: |   |
Had a 30 month old TB that died at the track the other day. The trainer said he went from a picture of health to dead in 24 hours. The vet said he died of endotoxemia. The horse had been moving around a lot in the last 4 mos. He went from Portland to Sacramento to Fresno to Phoenix where he died 4 days after arriving. Don't know if all the changes had anything to do with it?
We gave this colt's mother a lot of bute while she was carrying him. She's a retired race horse with an ankle the size of a grapefruit and she really seems to need it. The vet had the colt on tagamet for the first months of his life. Does anyone know if any of these events could be related? We have a yearling out of this mare and I'm thinking it might not be worth putting it into training. The colt that died was her first foal. Any ideas or suggestions out there? |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM
| | Posted on Wednesday, Nov 3, 1999 - 7:26 am: | |
Hello Howard,
I think the transporting around was related but not the bute he was exposed to in utero. When horses are transported their digestive functions get out of whack not to mention the change in feeds and feeding times. All of this can upset a horses digestive system to the point of serious endotoxemia caused by either colic, bacterial overgrowth, or bacterial infection (colitis).
DrO |
