Equine Diseases

1. EQUINE DISEASES

2. COLIC
• Signs:
– Lying down more than usual
– Getting up and lying down
repeatedly
– Standing stretched out
– Standing frequently as if to urinate
– Turning the head towards the flank
– Repeatedly curling the upper lip
– Pawing at the ground
– Kicking at the abdomen
– Excessive rolling
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• Tx and Management
• Pass a nasogastric tube to relieve pain and check the stomach’s content
• Check pH to know if there is reflux
• Administer pain medication (xylazine)
• Severe pain that is not responsive to analgesic therapy is generally an
indication for surgery.

3. COLIC
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• Surgery?
* History
* Reflux
* Rectal exam
* Pain/response to analgesia
* Heart rate
• Tx and Management
• Evaluate cardiovascular status
• Rectal palpation
• Evaluate cardiovascular status
• Fluid therapy
PBZ may cause right dorsal colitis 
NSAIDs decrease blood flow to the
colon, especially the right dorsal
colon.
For right dorsal displacement of the
large colon The best treatment is
surgical correction.
Avoid the use of corticosteroids in the treatment of colic.

4. LAMINITIS
• Presentation/history,
• Differential diagnoses,
• Test(s) of choice,
• Therapy,
• Prognosis/prevention.

5. NAVICULAR DISEASE

6. FAILURE OF PASSIVE TRANSFER

7. UPPER RESPIRATORY VIRUSES

8. LOWER RESPIRATORY VIRUSES

9. RESPIRATORY BACTERIA

10. TOXICITIES

11. NEONATAL ISOERYTHROLISIS

12. NASAL DISCHARGE/EPISTAXIS

13. EXCERSICE INTOLERANCE/NOISY
RESPIRATION

14. STRANGLES
• Etiology: Streptococcus equi equi
• Signs:
– Fever
– Mucopurulent nasal discharge
– Abscessation and external drainage of lymph nodes
• Test of choice: nasopharyngeal swab cultures
• Tx and Prevention
– Supportive
– Drainage and flushing of abscesses
– Postpone antibiotic therapy until after
abscesses have begun to drain
– Very ill horses should receive penicillin
immediately
– Vaccines are available
– Isolate infected animals
• Sick horses continue to shed bacteria for about a
month after clinical recovery
• 3 negative nasopharyngeal swab cultures taken 2
weeks apart before animals can be released from
quarantine

15. Corneal Ulcer