Horses passing out?

[MarinaBay]

Has anyone ever heard of this or experienced it first hand? My mare passed out in the trailer last week, I have spoken to a vet. Just wondered if anyone had heard of this before?

 

[MerryMaker]

I've heard of it happening, and the horses have been diagnosed with Equine Narcolepsy. There are some interesting articles about it on the internet, where the horse appears to "pass out" it's generally very momentary, a couple of seconds, but can last a lot longer. Some hroses can have it once in their life, others it's a regular occurence, and can happen at any time of a horses life.

http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=57&nID=7&src=RA

http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/horsecare/1370/103928.html

http://hubpages.com/hub/Equine-Narcolepsy


I hope your mare is ok, it must have been horrible to see. Keep us updated on how she is x

 

[fatpiggy]

Is there any evidence of damage to your horse or the inside of the trailer? It isn't impossible that she has had a seizure. It could have been narcolepsy, but there is usually a very definite trigger, and often it is when they are relaxed. How old is she, and what is her breeding? My dentist tells me that he often has arabs pass out while he is working on their teeth.

 

[angieandstar]

my friends horse had narcolepsy would just suddenly collapse occasionally with no warning would seem a bit quiet for a few day after as for treatment i dont know the vet didnt put her on anything

 

[MarinaBay]

Its definately not narcolepsy. A friends horse has this.

She has been a no loader for a while I have had this guy doing NH with her and he has been travelling in the back on the horsebox with her in the jockey bit and she was fine. He wanted to try the trailer as she has fallen in one before and wanted to see thes issue. He travelled in the back with her for the first 5 mins to see what she did and he said she was fine then her eyes went to the back of her head and she passed out. The vet said it will have been like a panic attack.

 

[foolsgold]

My pony has a condition called vaso vagal syncope, which basically means he faints when he's scared. His head goes up, eyes roll back, sometimes he snorts then just drops to the floor. It doesn't seem to be a well known condition (luckily!) Vet ran bloods, which came back very low in copper, and put him on coppertrition and haemavite b. He hasn't had an attack since. Don't know if that helps at all, we got loads of info on VVS googling, mostly from US sites. PM if you'd like to know more.

 

[brighteyes]

Hopefully I won't need it but thanks for the offer. I have heard of fainting goats, but not fainting horses. Glad to hear yours has been successfully treated