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Discussion on Need advice on epm or maybe something else
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peg1955
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Posted on Monday, Oct 29, 2007 - 11:04 am:
I have a 20 yr old TB gelding, never been sick, owed him his entire life. The horses were in on friday due to heavy rain. Ate and had no problems. Sat morning all four limbs were stocked up, ate his morning meal went out and noticed he was walking funny but figured that was due to him being stocked up. I decided to check on him two hours later, he looked tired so I took him temp was 102.5. Gave him 5 cc of banimine, 10 pills of SMZ, poltice his legs. by evening his temp was normal. Sunday morning took his temp was 101.6, legs were slightly swollen, while hosing his legs he was having neuroglical problems with hind legs swinging out and slight loss of balance (like wobblers). Called vet out immediately. She thinks it is epm, took lots of blood for tests on epm, rhino, lymne, potomic, etc. She also gave him a dmso drip. Tests will take days, I have him on SMZ only. Monday morning he seems better, no temp. The vet keeps leaning toward EPM because of his neuroglical signs. Is there any other disease that can have these symptoms that we are not covering here. Being 20 he can come back with a positive antibody for epm. I hate to zero in on one thing.
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DrO
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Posted on Tuesday, Oct 30, 2007 - 6:43 am:
Welcome back marguerite,
If we assume all the clinical signs are related I agree this does not sound like EPM: both hind legs effected, fever, and peripheral swelling are not common findings in EPM. I would leaning toward a viral disease if after a thorough exam and lab other organ systems (heart, kidney, liver) are all working OK. For more on this and other possibilities see, Diseases of Horses » Nervous System » Incoordination, Weakness, Spasticity, Tremors » Diagnosing Incoordination, Ataxia and Weakness.
DrO
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