ridecamp@endurance.net: Re[2]: [endurance] Puzzling illness
Re[2]: [endurance] Puzzling illness
LONG JUDY (long.judy@smtpgateway.centigram.com)
Sat, 09 Mar 96 11:04:03 PST
Ok, what is Paramite and what does it prevent? Is it an something you
spray on the horse or feed the horse? How was he treated for
erlichiosis? How is it diagnosed? We live in Hayward and I'm
wondering if this could be a problem in our area (since it was a
problem in Linda's area across the bay) I haven't heard of any tick
borne problems in our area other than Lyme's disease. Also, what
stage of the tick carries this disease? Early in the year we have
what I call the "tiny tick" season. The ticks in this stage are about
the size of the head of a pin. Later on in the spring and on into the
fall we get the normal (yuck) larger ticks. At least they are easier
to find.
My horse was ill about 2 years ago and was spiking a 105-106 degree
fever. He was still walking around and eating, albeit lethargically.
When the vet took his temperature the first time, he thought the
thermometer was broken and tried another one. He told me that after
106-107 their brains start to cook. I don't think we ever knew what
the illness was but we treated him with banamine and bute to get the
fever down and I think we used TMZ pills. He did I wonder if
erlichosis could have been the problem? How similar is erlichosis to
piroplasmosis? Piro is a hot issue with the Olympic competitors right
now and I think has come up in regard to foreign competitors in the
World Championships in Kansas this year.
Judy Long
Hayward, California
I also sometimes wonder if Warpaint's brain wasn't cooked after all
<g>.
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Subject: Re: [endurance] Puzzling illness
Author: ChacoL@aol.com at smtpgateway
Date: 03/08/96 04:50 AM
It's hard to imagine a horse running a 105-degree fever without signs of an
infection.
When my horse got erlichiosis in January (a tick-borne spirochete), his temp
was 106--highest the vet had ever seen in a horse that lived. But his blood
was crawling with the bacteria. He was extremely anemic as the bacteria
destroy the red blood cells.
He continued to eat but was off his feed somewhat, and did stand off from his
pasturemates.
He's doing fine now, but I've only just begun to ride again. The flip side
of our warm winter weather in California is that ticks are active year-round.
I'm now extra vigilant with the Paramite to prevent a repeat performance.
Linda Romander
San Francisco, Calif.