ecrozier
Well-Known Member
Hi all
Not having a great run of luck at present!! At the yard this morning and one of the youngsters was pulled in very poorly, he's an 18 month old colt that lives out, in good condition in general but slightly questionable history prior to being bought by current owners in terms of worming etc - they have however addressed this kind of thing since owning him but its possibly relevant info.
Anyway, vet was called and fortunately responded very quickly, he was presenting colic symptoms and did have a build up of poo that the vet cleared quickly but vet wasn't convinced it was a straightforward colic, did a few more on site tests etc and thankfully referred very quickly on to RVC. Once there, they have now said they suspect EAM.... We have pulled all our other horses in off the grazing, and all seem fine so far thank god, and of 10 horses on the yard, only the one affected and two others fall into the particularly 'at risk' age groups - sadly both the other two are in same paddock whilst the rest are in slightly different environment (hill top rather than hillside, fewer overhanging trees etc), and only one of those is out 24/7. So in so far as I can be, I am trying not to panic at the moment..!
However - any advice from anyone on what we should be doing paddock wise? Should we be organising any kind of soil testing? Clearing any fallen leaves? Not turning out til its frosty?! And are we going to be on tenterhooks again next year even if we get away with no further cases this year? Obviously our YM i am sure will get onto this atm - unfortunately it is her youngster that is affected and she is still up at RVC understandably in a bit of a state so I am just trying to do my research and can talk to her later. I've spoken my vet who happenned to be the vet attending this morning and he is going to call me back later with more info (once I think it is 100% confirmed as EAM) but said at present there isn't much point in blood testing the other apparently healthy horses.
Given they are now in - how long would we be expecting to wait before being reasonably confident none are affected? Such a nightmare - please keep positive thoughts coming for the poor little lad up at RVC now...
Not having a great run of luck at present!! At the yard this morning and one of the youngsters was pulled in very poorly, he's an 18 month old colt that lives out, in good condition in general but slightly questionable history prior to being bought by current owners in terms of worming etc - they have however addressed this kind of thing since owning him but its possibly relevant info.
Anyway, vet was called and fortunately responded very quickly, he was presenting colic symptoms and did have a build up of poo that the vet cleared quickly but vet wasn't convinced it was a straightforward colic, did a few more on site tests etc and thankfully referred very quickly on to RVC. Once there, they have now said they suspect EAM.... We have pulled all our other horses in off the grazing, and all seem fine so far thank god, and of 10 horses on the yard, only the one affected and two others fall into the particularly 'at risk' age groups - sadly both the other two are in same paddock whilst the rest are in slightly different environment (hill top rather than hillside, fewer overhanging trees etc), and only one of those is out 24/7. So in so far as I can be, I am trying not to panic at the moment..!
However - any advice from anyone on what we should be doing paddock wise? Should we be organising any kind of soil testing? Clearing any fallen leaves? Not turning out til its frosty?! And are we going to be on tenterhooks again next year even if we get away with no further cases this year? Obviously our YM i am sure will get onto this atm - unfortunately it is her youngster that is affected and she is still up at RVC understandably in a bit of a state so I am just trying to do my research and can talk to her later. I've spoken my vet who happenned to be the vet attending this morning and he is going to call me back later with more info (once I think it is 100% confirmed as EAM) but said at present there isn't much point in blood testing the other apparently healthy horses.
Given they are now in - how long would we be expecting to wait before being reasonably confident none are affected? Such a nightmare - please keep positive thoughts coming for the poor little lad up at RVC now...
