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Discussion on Septicimia in an older horse?
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Posted on Tuesday, Sep 5, 2000 - 9:10 pm:
Hi Dr. O, I wasn't sure where to post this, so here goes. A friend just lost her 7 yr. old gelding very suddenly. No blood work or necropsy were done, so the diagnosis cannot be proven or disproven. The diagnosis was septicimia, but the horse was at first thought to be colicking, and was treated accordingly. From onset of sypmtoms to death was less than 24 hours. From reading about foal septicimia I would say he had just about all the symptoms in progression up to his death...lethargy, fever, hemorhage (seen in tongue as purple), convulsions and coma. The event which may have given entry to bacteria was a nail punture to one foot about a week prior. The horse was current on tetanus and other shots and the foot did not show any obvious problem or lameness.
I have not run across much about septicimia except in relationship to foals. Is septicimia as rare in an adult horse as my research indicates? Nothing will bring back the horse, but we friends are trying to make sense of what happened. Thanks for any info. Kay in AK
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Posted on Wednesday, Sep 6, 2000 - 6:47 am:
Mu condolences to your friends and yes it is uncommon and secondary to a overwhelming local infection somewhere else in the body.
DrO
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