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RE: [RC] Equine Nosebleed - Libby & Quentin Llop DVMFour thoughts beside bleeding abnormality: Tumor, Inhalled foreign body lodged in nose, Infection- bacterial & Infection - Fungal. Diagnosis is obviously not simple. I would start by looking for common similar patterns in other types of local livestock. Quentin -----Original Message----- From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Maryanne Stroud Gabbani Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 2:35 PM To: Ridecamp Cc: VetMed Subject: [RC] Equine Nosebleed Last night my neighbour was up all night with his wife's horse, a retired French Trotter, who is at least 15 years old. The horse, Cisbeo, is a fit, well-cared for and well rounded gelding. He does some trail riding, works dressage, and does small jumps. He isn't working very hard these days since his owner is in France for a month doing exams. He has previously had nosebleeds that initially seemed to be connected to work in heat. Then he had some nosebleeds when he was in the box and the weather was hot. Last night about 11:30 his nose started bleeding and didn't stop bleeding until morning. It's relatively cool at night here right now, about 20 C. (That's in the low 70's I think.) Morad gave him a shot of Vitamin K (horse sized) which didn't really make much difference. The bleeding wasn't life threatening, but Morad is worried about the possible cause of the bleeding. Previously it was happening in a much more minor degree when he was in the box and the weather was hot. Working isn't a factor. The obvious thing is to leave Cisbeo outside as much as possible, but that still doesn't answer the question. Are there any tests, blood or otherwise, that we could do that might help tell us what is going on? Any suggestins gratefully received. BTW, his vet is currently in the US for the next month studying sugical techniques and there really isn't another decent one around. So calling the vet is out. One thing that Morad did do was following a suggestion from Tom Ivers' book, The Fit Race Horse, which was to place a tampon on which some adrenaline had been dropped. This is supposed to help nosebleeds that originate in the lungs. He wasn't impressed. Maryanne Cairo, Egypt ============================================================ Many of the endurance riders in our top echelons of competition, now and in the past, exemplify the 'common man' not the hierocracy. It is this possibility, this chance to come to the fore, that makes endurance competition of the Aussie/American type so much more desirable to part of the world. ~ Bob Morris ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================ ============================================================ I still prefer what it is that BH100, Tevis, The Duck's Soup of Endurance, etc. has to offer...but, to see a horse canter over sand for those distances...Good Lord, it humbles me. ~ Frank Solano ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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