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Discussion on Stringhalt resolved over summer, now reappears
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Arztlaw
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Posted on Wednesday, Oct 25, 2006 - 4:35 pm:
This follows a discussion of about a year ago. My TB mare of now 13 years developed stringhalt symptoms along with a diagnosis of EPM about 1.25 years ago. The diagnoses was never established with certainty. As spring approached her gait started to improve, so I did not administer the Phenytoin that I bought for her. As summer approached she was 95 to 100% better. She raised her hind legs a bit more than she should some of the time, but she was fine. Her trot reappeared then her canter.
This fall her symptoms are reappearing but principally on one side. The false dandilion poisoning theory seems very unlikely with no symptoms in the summer at all. (or very little).
I am thinking about trying the phenytoin. One day she was racing her pasture mate around the fence line and by night she was fairly crippled. Just for fun she also got a front hoof abcess.
I note the fact that this is only or mostly a recurrance on one side while the past occurance was bilateral.
She is a wonderful mover when well, just a few days ago. So this is pretty distressing. Any new ideas?
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Chole
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Posted on Wednesday, Oct 25, 2006 - 9:18 pm:
My horse had a torn medial meniscus that was responsible for the problem. Just a thought that you might want to consider what else may be going on with the stifle joint structure.
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DrO
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Posted on Thursday, Oct 26, 2006 - 7:10 am:
With you in VA this would not be the time I normally associate with weed problems either, but perhaps if it is in the hay?
DrO
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Arztlaw
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Posted on Thursday, Oct 26, 2006 - 7:53 am:
Thank you all for your thoughts. Re the torn meniscus, the onset as weather cooled, slowly building up with the characteristic stringhalt gait makes me feel its stringhalt. I will say this to my vet though.
I do not buy hay locally anymore. I buy chopped alfalfa forage bagged by Southern States. I feed less when on pasture but with the selenium issue and the quality during the usual DrOughty periods, I just gave up and went with the very controlled, stable, intensely delicious alfalfa forage. They like this even when there is fresh pasture.
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