Help - My horse has Salmonella

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One of our horses has been seriously ill for three weeks.

Got results back yesterday and he has Salmonella.
Has anyone encountered this before?
He is only riseing two and the outcome does not look wondeful should he survive or not.
He has leaking Protein also.
All info grateful for.
I have a wondeful vet but would like to hear of a horse been through it or has it.
 
My old horse had this about two years ago. He was 27 at the time and was ill for about a week before he was diagnosed with salmonella. It was awful to see him, he wouldn't eat or drink and was very weak. When my marvellous vet finally sussed out what was wrong she changed the antibiotics he was on and he began to improve almost straight away. He is still going strong and made a full recovery. Don't panic apparently cows get it all the time. Hope your boy is back to his old self soon.
 
Have you now got him in complete isolation (by this I mean suits worn to go in and out of the stable, welly wash, and an area around the door so no one can go in and out or horses touch him?)

Has your vet suggested getting him to an equine hospital?

My mare had colic surgery in December, and they were testing her for salmonella, and these were the precautions they took, so I would strongly suggest them as you already know, it can be very dangerous
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My vet never made me do anything like that and never mentioned isolation! None of the other horses showed any signs of illness before, during or after him. I have dogs wandering around as well and she never told me to keep them away from him.
 
I wasn't allowed near Grace when I went to visit her... these are obviously the precautions of an equine hospital so may be different to those of a regular vet.
 
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Have you now got him in complete isolation (by this I mean suits worn to go in and out of the stable, welly wash, and an area around the door so no one can go in and out or horses touch him?)

Has your vet suggested getting him to an equine hospital?

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Yes he has now it has been diagnosed. He was in the stable and another outside.
The other has now been moved and everything has been disinfected.
We are now doing the above. We are stringent as we have 17 others in our care.
We have had horses with strangles, followed the same precautions and it was o.k.
The vet also said if we get ill to go to the hospital and inform them our horse has Salmonella. I can imagine the reaction.
Not fond of our hospital!
Thankyou for replying it has helped.
The vet still thinks we will lose him.
The vet did think about takeing him in, it is an Equine Hospital i use but he is too ill. If he put him on a drip his protein level is so low it would make things worse.
 
Silver_florin, I had a horse who came down with botchulism posioning and it was very much a case of touch and go, she was more or less paraylsed from head to toe, the vets hadn't seen anything like it and said that there was little hope.
At the moment she is prancing around the fields, she has lost condition and has a lot of white areas on her bay body where she had been laying down before she went in to hospital to be cared for, so they could turn her every so often.

She was on a drip for what seemed ages and she then started to pick up and went from strength to strength.If she had not gone into the hospital they I don't think she would have made it, could the vets not take him in, I do think thats the best place for him.

Good luck
 
Hi,
Salmonella is a very serious condition in horses as I'm sure you are aware, and treating these horses is incredibly difficult, but it can be done.

Your horse would benefit from hospital care, but as you have said travelling sick horses is not always possible, and many hospitals will be reluctant to accept these referrals due to the risk posed to other horses. However, your horse needs fluids, but it sounds like he will need plasma as well. If I were you would ask your vet to contact a vet hospital and discuss management of his case with a specialist. They are very good at Leahurst and would be very willing to give advice I'm sure.
 
I know someone who had two horses went down with it at the same time. One survived and one didn't.

Do those that have experienced it know how their horses got it? Her haylage was suspected in her case.
 
Hello I am a newbie but saw this with interest, a friend of mine lost a youngster to salmonella a few years ago, it was transmitted from bird droppings getting into the feed, as you know there are often pidgeons hanging around and they are notorious for carrying it, I am also a chef so have to be aware of these things and the littel feathered critters are a known carrier, I hope your horse makes a speedy recovery x
 
I really hope your horse makes a full recovery.
A horse on the next yard to us was bought with it, the new owner suspected nothing, he was turned out with an other horse but soon became depressed and very ill. Sadly he died but the other horse never caught it. She had to burn everything that had come in contact with the horse. The dealer who sold the horse denied everything and the lady lost all her money.
I did hear that some hospitals wont take horses with suspected salmonella because of the risks of spread and obviously the ill horses already there.
Fingers crossed your horse is ok.
 
So sorry to hear about your horse and I do hope she makes a full recovery. Have you had the haylage tested? I know of four ponies who was sadly lost due to salmonella in the haylage.
 
Yes Salmonella and botchulism can be caught from the haylage, according to my vet, sometimes they cut to far down to get the final cut and get mud in which in turn forms a bacteria in the bale.

Apalling grammar and description, but I hope you get my drift.
 
Iv treated and nursed sick foals with Salmonella and/or Ecoli. They require round the clock care, probablly fluids, NSAIDs and many ABs ( a sensitivity test is a good idea).
Strict isolation is definitely necessary and we took rectal temp every 2-4hrs.
 
HI we think my horse also has it from a training stable we just brought her to. thank goodness the owner recognized the symptoms right away , they tried penicillin but it did not help so they put her on trivectin and vitamin shots and she seems to have perked right up - still a little weak but I think she will be fine as she looked as if she was not going to make it a few days ago. Need trivectin for 5 days. hope this helps and good luck
 
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