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New Member:
Annie1
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Posted on Thursday, Jul 7, 2005 - 7:08 pm:
Hello, What do you know about feeding vitiam k in a powder form in horses feed that are bleeder?
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DrO
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Posted on Friday, Jul 8, 2005 - 9:31 am:
Vitamin K1 can be absorbed orally however in the horse that is not vitamin K deficient no amount of supplementation will prevent or even decrease bleeding. This is both a well established physiological fact and has been shown experimentally in EIPH horses (bleeders). Note that K3 can be quite toxic when given by injection even at recommended dosages, I am uncertain as to how well it is absorbed orally in horses but should not be used.
Save your money for more useful diagnostic and therapy. The article associated with this forum explains EIPH and does give recommendations on treatment and management, click on » Exercise Induced Pulmonary Hemmorage, EIPH » at the top of this page for more.
DrO
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Angelvet
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Posted on Friday, Jul 8, 2005 - 1:19 pm:
I agree with Dr O here. Many of my racetrack clients use the oral Vitamin K routinely on horses they feel bleed. I honestly have never noticed a difference in performance, nor have I found it effective in reducing bleeding. If you have a horse that is bleeding, as evidenced by endoscopic exam post race or work, bloodwork and, or BAL exams should be done to rule out respiratory problems. Then start looking for other causes,such as lameness, cardiac problems,ulcers,shoeing,fitness,etc,etc.Often times, EIPH is more a symptom of an apparently unrelated problem, and takes some detective work to localize.
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New Member:
drelizbt
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Posted on Tuesday, Jun 5, 2018 - 9:36 pm:
Our 6 year old standardbred stallion developed what appears to be epih about 2 years ago after a cough that went through our barn. the other horses affected bounced back fine but he became a bleeder .
Our vet scoped him and saw a very small erosion that he thought would heel . We have tried over the past two years rest , neb treatments , lasix , and some brief success wth tranexamic acid , however he can not race on this .
His blood work is perfect , he has no cough , he trains like a charm , but put him in a race and in the last quarter he just looses his momentum and eventually seeps a little trickle of blood from his nostrils by the time he gets home . He has gone from our top earner to an expensive pet 
Any further thoughts to help this great horse would be very much appreciated
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DrO
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Posted on Friday, Jun 8, 2018 - 8:24 am:
Welcome Elizabeth,
You have come into this topic at the bottom of someone else's discussion. We have an article on this topic that I am uncertain if you have read. Back up one page, using the navigation bar across the top of this page to access the EIPH article and after reading it you will see a list of preexisting discussions that you can review. If your question remains unanswered you should then post your question using the button at the bottom of the list of already existing discussions. Let us know what you have already done so we don't go over already covered stuff.
DrO
PS if you wish to use a moniker beside your real name you can change this in your profile settings.
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