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Discussion on Colitis X: The Great Mystery
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New Member:
Baptiste
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Posted on Saturday, Oct 12, 2002 - 11:14 pm:
I have a horse that has had pneumonia and was treated then got strep. Other horses on the ranch had strangles. One had bastard strangles.We though mine might have bastard strangles because her stomach was painfull then she had big lump on either side if mane but went away one day later. Now my horse has a high fever 104.8 and diarrhea (bad) she is extremely dehydrated and down we are trying to get her up to get her to the vet. She has been on smz-tmp, 960mg ten tables twice a day and azimycin 200ml twice a day.We live in a small community and need help. What is going on help me!!!
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New Member:
Debclem
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Posted on Tuesday, Aug 17, 2004 - 10:12 am:
Hoping someone has an idea for me. I have an 18 year old mustang gelding, who came to me 3 years ago, weighing about 1150. He had some breathing difficulty, and was diagnosed with heaves shortly after we bought him. The heaves have been treated several times with antibiotic/steroid/antihistamine combinations, and then he came down with diarreah. This has been going on since Feb. 04, and was intermittent from Fall 03 until then. In Spring he began to DrOp significant weight. A new vet diagnosed bacterial overgrowth large intestine and we have been treating that first with metrodiazole, and now with tetrycycline. Blood work and fecal cultures show no parasites/salmonella or other easily diagnosed problem, and now we are scratching our heads! We have also tried panacur power pack; some bio sponge; equi-whey; b-vitamins; pro-biotics. He seems to be responding to the b-vitamins mostly. What could we be missing?
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Eoeo
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Posted on Tuesday, Aug 17, 2004 - 3:25 pm:
Go to https://equineracing.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv AND ORDER BIOPTIMA-X,aka Gut Bugs. That should straighten him right out. It is worth a try. EO
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DrO
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Posted on Wednesday, Aug 18, 2004 - 6:11 am:
Hello Deb,
There are a number of possibilities and we have an article that outlines them and help in differentiating them see, Equine Diseases » Colic and GI Diseases » Diarrhea in Horses » Diarrhea an Overview.
DrO
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