Devastated - Wobblers :(

[RutlandH2O]

Thank you everyone for all of your replies.

Weeane - I find this interesting as she has had a very runny nose over the past week it started off as a cough with a weeze then developed into a snotty nose.

I should probably point out that she has only been turned out for 2 weeks due to 3 months of box rest as her stifles were full of fluid due to a growth spurt. I phoned the vets regarding her cough / snotty nose and they said it will be due to the change in conditions i.e living in to going out.

Although when the vet came to see her on Monday he didn't think her snotty nose was linked. but he has taken bloods - but said he would not send them off for testing. When she was born she was very poor and her bloods where all the wrong way round, this was rectified with supplements and diet as advised by the vet and the vet decided against a transfusion. So we feel her immune system is low. The stud owner instantly though EHV.

You mention that "her bloods were all the wrong way round..." at birth. It sounds to me that her IgG was very low and that her immune system would have profited by the boost the plasma would have afforded her. Why did the vet decide against the transfusion (of plasma)?
Did her mum run a great amount of colostrum for days before her birth? This could be quite significant regarding her compromised immune response.

 

[Ultimate Dreamer]

Rutland you are right her IgG was low however as it was borderline the vet decided against the transfusion as the stud she is on is very small and experienced. She soon improved however as mum was pretty rubbish at feeding her se has had feed from about 8weeks following vets advice.