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S. Steakley
| | Posted on Thursday, May 11, 2000 - 9:38 am: |   |
My horse, a 3 year old paint stallion currently being trained as a reining horse, was found last night with spontaneous bleeding from his mouth,and legs- with blood pooling in his legs. He was ridden earlier in the day and returned to his stall in a normal state. The trainer and vet both are baffled by this. He has a fever and was not tracking well. This AM he did eat but the symptoms persist. Wondered about possible snake bite?rat poison? leukemia? purpura? or allergic reaction. |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM
| | Posted on Thursday, May 11, 2000 - 11:11 am: | |
Yes all the above are possible and will require a thorough examination and lab evaluation to differentiate.
The last mysterious bleeding problem I had was caused by a severe monclonal gammopathy. That is the horse had hugely elevated levels of antibody to a single antigen. This is frequenlty associated with a type of leukemia and we found it out because of the high protein levels on routine lab work. In this case we believe it was caused by me. I was treating sarcoids with a commercial preparation that is responsible for stimulating the immune system. 5 years later the oncologist at our local vet university is still waiting for this little pony to die from his leukemia. The pony has never looked better.
DrO |
