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Cathy Davis (Cathyd)
| | Posted on Monday, Aug 28, 2000 - 9:41 pm: |   |
Dear Dr. O, Please help us figure out whats wrong with a whole barn full of horses. These all belong to a theraputic riding center and they are all coming down with colitis x. Or so we think. They have been coming down with diarrhea and a fever. They took two horses down to Ohio State University but one was in really bad shape so we don't know the outcome yet. If these others that are sick don't get to a large hospital will they even have a chance. The barn vet didn't have a clue what was wrong. I read the article and it said it was pretty common. I must tell you that most of these horses are old most in their twenties. Is this considered contagious? Can we bring it home to our horses through contact with our clothing? Please give me some info. |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM (Dro)
| | Posted on Tuesday, Aug 29, 2000 - 10:51 am: | |
Colitis X is usually not that contagious but you have to realize any undiagnosed cause of sepsis and diarrhea can be labeled this. Common sources of feed or water contaminated with a aggressive salmonella have resulted in outbreaks. Yes, where there is life there is a chance but aggressive fluid therapy is imperative. Have you ruled out Potomac Horse Fever (?): are you near a body of water or river?
DrO |
Cathy Davis (Cathyd)
| | Posted on Tuesday, Aug 29, 2000 - 11:28 am: | |
Dear Dr O, Thank you for answering my letter so quickly. We are not really near any water, about thirty miles from Lake Erie and not near any rivers so I kinda had ruled out PHF. So basicly if the community water source {the water trough} was contaminated then alot if not all the horses would be affected? Thanks again for your help. |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM (Dro)
| | Posted on Wednesday, Aug 30, 2000 - 6:21 am: | |
You should not rule out PHF from this alone, any infectious outbreak of fever and diarrhea during the warm weather should have this thoroughly investigated. And, yes to your second question it is possible but not common.
Dro |
john tanner
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Username: Baptiste
Post Number: 1
Registered: 10-2002
| | 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!!! |
Deb Clemens
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Username: Debclem
Post Number: 1
Registered: 7-2004
| | 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? |
Little King Ranch
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Username: Eoeo
Post Number: 70
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, Aug 17, 2004 - 3:25 pm: | |
Go to http://equineracing.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv AND ORDER BIOPTIMA-X,aka Gut Bugs. That should straighten him right out. It is worth a try. EO |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM
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Username: Dro
Post Number: 11002
Registered: 1-1997
| | 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 |
