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Equine Grass Sickness

As part of my dissertation for my second year of my HND at Guildford College, Merrist Wood campus I’m looking at whether the breed of horse effects the likelihood of getting EGS at whether it effects the prognosis. I would be very grateful if owners with horses/ponies who have suffered from EGS could fill out this brief questionnaire.

What region was the horse was the horse in when it was diagnoses with EGS?

What breed is the horse?

Did the horse suffer from acute/ chronic or sub-chronic EGS?

Did you choose to:
• Euthanize without treatment?
• Euthanize during treatment?
• Euthanize post treatment?
• Or treat it and the horse made a full recovery?

Did the horse live in or out?

I appreciate that some of the information provided in this questionnaire is going to be sensitive to most horse owners. However any information you supply will be strictly confidential. No names will be mention in the study and the information supplied will not be used for any other purpose.

Thank you for your time.

Sam Boseley
Sam.boseley@yahoo.co.uk

Thank you very much!
 
What region was the horse was the horse in when it was diagnoses with EGS? <font color="blue">West Cornwall </font>

What breed is the horse? <font color="blue">Welsh Section A </font>

Did the horse suffer from acute/ chronic or sub-chronic EGS?
<font color="blue">Acute </font>

Did you choose to:
• Euthanize without treatment? <font color="blue">Initially treated for colic, then correctly diagnosed, no choice, was PTS. </font>
• Euthanize during treatment?
• Euthanize post treatment?
• Or treat it and the horse made a full recovery?

Did the horse live in or out? <font color="blue"> Out 24/7/365 </font>
 
Thank you So much for your reposonse, i know its a very difficult subject as i have lost two to it, but the more research there is into it, the more chance we have at a cure.

And thanks i forgot to ask for the date- please add that
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ill post for a friend!

What region was the horse was the horse in when it was diagnoses with EGS?
north west, lancs

What breed is the horse?
fell
Did the horse suffer from acute/ chronic or sub-chronic EGS?
acute
Did you choose to:
• Euthanize without treatment? yes


Did the horse live in or out? out, developed GS the day it was brought into stable tho. sept 08
 
Thank you for your responses, i need to collect as many as possible. If you can post any friends details that very helpful thank you x
 
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Equine Grass Sickness

As part of my dissertation for my second year of my HND at Guildford College, Merrist Wood campus I’m looking at whether the breed of horse effects the likelihood of getting EGS at whether it effects the prognosis. I would be very grateful if owners with horses/ponies who have suffered from EGS could fill out this brief questionnaire.

What region was the horse was the horse in when it was diagnoses with EGS? <font color="blue"> </font> WEST SUSSEX

What breed is the horse? <font color="blue"> </font> HIGHLAND
Did the horse suffer from acute/ chronic or sub-chronic EGS?

<font color="blue"> </font> ACUTE
Did you choose to:
• Euthanize without treatment?
• Euthanize during treatment? <font color="blue"> </font> WAS OPERATED ON FOR COLIC AT LIPHOOK THEN DIAGNOSED AND PTS ONLY OPTION • Euthanize post treatment?
• Or treat it and the horse made a full recovery?

Did the horse live in or out? OUT AT NIGHT IN STABLE IN DAYTIME I appreciate that some of the information provided in this questionnaire is going to be sensitive to most horse owners. However any information you supply will be strictly confidential. No names will be mention in the study and the information supplied will not be used for any other purpose.

Thank you for your time.

Sam Boseley
Sam.boseley@yahoo.co.uk

Thank you very much!

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It was my friends Highland and she died in 2003. She had only had her for 6 weeks.

She came from Cambridgeshire and when we spoke to the Grass Sickness association they said it is very common when moving ponies down South in their experience. They also said it was very common when ponies had changed homes as it can stress them out.

It was terrible when we took her to Liphook as the poor mite didn't know us that well and we felt helpless to soothe her. She was shaking and appeared terrified but the vets told us that it can also be a symptom of the GS. She had also been trying desperately to drink but the water just all came gushing out of her mouth as she was unable to swallow.

She had so many people working on her and the vet immediately asked us if we had ever heard of GS. He said he wanted to operate in case it was a bad case of colic, it was agreed to go ahead.

To be honest, although we had heard of it, we wrongly thought there was only one type where they lost loads of weight rapidly. In hindsight, we really wish she hadn't been subjected to the operation. She lasted another 2 days after the op, then we got the call to say it was time to let her go.

That poor little mare really suffered and if any research can help others in the future, we would be delighted.

Interestingly we also spoke to her breeder in Scotland who said that she was one of many of the ponies she had bred who had succumbed to Grass sickness. They were all Highland ponies.

There may well be a link as it seems a big coincidence to us that she wasn't the only one from that particular bloodline.

Hope this helps
 
My horse died on 10 April 2002.
He was in West Somerset (coastal area).
He was Welsh Cob X.
He had sub-acute grass sickness. He went to Langford and was operated on, came through well, but then relapsed and the vet said he thought it was EGS. Poor horse was in great distress and we had him PTS. This was 4 days after he first became ill. The post-mortem confirmed EGS.
He had been out in the field by day and stabled at night all winter, but had been turned out 24/7 just a few days before suddenly becoming ill.
It's an evil disease and I'm always happy to help with research.
 
Hi, sorry, only just got back to this, it was 20/21 November 2003
 
Not sure if a 30 years ago case is relevent, but.
It was a 6 yr old cob gelding in the East Midlands, not sure what type as I had sold him a few months previously, so guess that may back up the new home theory.
 
Hey samstar, thank you for your response, do you know the location? If she lived in or out and whether she was given any treatment before she was PTS.

Thank Sam
 
Thank you to everyone thats posted. Could you also post whether there where any changes which could have triggered the GS, such as moving, stress etc. And also if you could, how GS was diangosed?
 
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