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Discussion on Frequent, small liquid stools
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Katiea
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Posted on Friday, Feb 18, 2005 - 2:44 pm:
15 y/o gelding with history of frequent, small liquid stools for the last couple of months. Continues to have regular semi-normal stools... some look like cow piles, others a little more formed but spongy looking. This horse has had stool streaks down the backs of his hind legs all this time, frozen stool throughout his tail. Appears to be in no acute distress, no dietary changes, fecal negative for parasites, bloodwork drawn with no findings other than WBC'c on the low end of the normal range. Vet saw him briefly when he came to draw blood and saw 2 or 3 piles in his stall that he thought looked OK. Thoughout this time he has had 2 or 3 episodes when it subsided for maybe 24 hours and during those times he looked bloated to me. I noticed that someone in the pasture has been stripping bark off of a couple of trees... don't know if it has any significance related to his condition. Any thoughts?
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DrO
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Posted on Saturday, Feb 19, 2005 - 7:46 am:
Try this article Katie, Equine Diseases » Colic and GI Diseases » Diarrhea in Horses » Diarrhea an Overview. It covers chronic conditions like yours. The tree stripping may indicate there is not enough forage in the diet, but horses just do it.
DrO
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