Tying Up
Causes
Treatment
During or after work horse steps short in hind limbs, giving appearance of stiffness,
only sign may be that horse will not stretch out during training or when competing,
horses with these signs normally on high grain diet and only show signs when worked
after a day or more of rest.
Horses worked at irregular intervals and fed high grain diets are most susceptible
to tying-up. Ingested grain converted to glycogen, which is stored in muscles and elsewhere,
if horse rested for 1-2 days while on a high-grain diet, large quantities of glycogen are
stored in muscles, glycogen is used by muscles as a source of energy when work is being done.
Some horses not on high-grain diets tie up because they are hypersensitive to lactic
acid or because their particular metabolism does not cope with it efficiently.
Consult your veterinarian who can confirm the condition. Taking a blood sample
for certain serum enzyme. Horses susceptible to frequent tying-up should have low
level grain diet, normally grain level in diet should be in proportion to amount
of work done, use of vitamin E and selenium as preventive measure.
Tumors
Signs
Clear or purulent mucus, sometimes tinged with blood, from one nostril, abnormal sound coming from nostril especially when horse worked, may be no movement of air in or out of nostril, may be swelling of one side of nasal cavity with watery and bulging eye.
Cause
Unknown.
Treatment
Contact your veterinarian who can confirm diagnosis with endoscope and X-ray examination.
hoof thrush, courtesy http://www.equilife.co.uk
Thrush
Thrush is an infection located in the grooves on either side of the frog. Sometimes the frog is involved.
Signs
Foul smelling black tarry discharge can be seen in grooves on either side
of the frog. Horse may be lame if sensitive tissues in depths of grooves are involved.
Causes
Poor hoof care, lack of attention to daily cleaning and hoof trimming at time of shoeing.
Damp dirty stable conditions where horse stands in bedding soaked with urine and manure.
Standing in mud or in damp dirty places for long periods.
Treatment
Trim away any excess or infected frog, clean out discharge from grooves,
if sensitive tissues involved, horse will flinch or pull foot away when you
dig deeply into grooves. Contact your veterinarian, as antibiotics and tetanus
injections may be indicated. Prevention of thrush, daily hoof and stable cleaning are very important.
Thoroughpin
Cause
Distention is due to accumulation of synovia (joint oil) caused by sprain of the tendons by over exertion, such as a kick.
Treatment
Contact your veterinarian. In advanced cases firing gives best results.
Aspirating the synovia from the sac reduces the swelling, it may refill. Bandage with pressure
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