Mockingbird
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So to cut a long story as short as I can. We have a new horse purchased at start of July, passed a 5 stage vetting start of July horse has been amazing exactly as described and more.
She was delivered 10 days after vetting in a poorer condition than when we tried her covered in hives. Fast forward three months, she appears to be thriving put weight on, hives cleared up and muscle and top line improved.
Silly sod managed to choke her self on some hay and vet decided to take some bloods to check for infection after tubing her. Thankfully no infection but AST and GGT came back very high - GGT was over 900 and AST is over 500. All other levels on the standard blood count were normal.
The lovely but very newly qualified vet jumped to biopsies and imaging (which sent me into panic mode as we’d lost our old horse earlier this year to a really rare blood cancer of the spleen)
we have done a poo fluke test which was negative. However I’ve requested a blood test when we repeat her liver bloods on 4 weeks time. I’ve not really been given any advice apart from keep doing what I’m doing and give her a liver tonic.
Now this horse is a good doer and I have put her on milk thistle, fast fibre very small amount and L94 based on my own research online. She is only 6 so just want to do my best for her but think biopsies are very invasive for not telling is very much?
I am not sure if our vet will allow me to treat for fluke if the blood test comes back positive as she said it’s an anti body test and doesn’t tell us that she has them
The horse is totally well in her self and grown into herself - although we bought her from a dealer she was only sold from the breeder last November.
How long does it take GGT to rise? - could it be that it’s been high and is coming down? Daughter is gutted and very worried after how we lost our old horse at 15 very suddenly.
Nothing in her paddocks that she shouldn’t be eating, she was in a paddock with very little grass to try and keep on top of her weight along with an increased exercise regieme if 4/5 sessions a week compared to the 2 that she had at the dealers?
Vet said she’s not clinically unwell so continue as we are - have cut her riding down to two schooling sessions of 20/30 mins and a hack per week.
She was delivered 10 days after vetting in a poorer condition than when we tried her covered in hives. Fast forward three months, she appears to be thriving put weight on, hives cleared up and muscle and top line improved.
Silly sod managed to choke her self on some hay and vet decided to take some bloods to check for infection after tubing her. Thankfully no infection but AST and GGT came back very high - GGT was over 900 and AST is over 500. All other levels on the standard blood count were normal.
The lovely but very newly qualified vet jumped to biopsies and imaging (which sent me into panic mode as we’d lost our old horse earlier this year to a really rare blood cancer of the spleen)
we have done a poo fluke test which was negative. However I’ve requested a blood test when we repeat her liver bloods on 4 weeks time. I’ve not really been given any advice apart from keep doing what I’m doing and give her a liver tonic.
Now this horse is a good doer and I have put her on milk thistle, fast fibre very small amount and L94 based on my own research online. She is only 6 so just want to do my best for her but think biopsies are very invasive for not telling is very much?
I am not sure if our vet will allow me to treat for fluke if the blood test comes back positive as she said it’s an anti body test and doesn’t tell us that she has them
The horse is totally well in her self and grown into herself - although we bought her from a dealer she was only sold from the breeder last November.
How long does it take GGT to rise? - could it be that it’s been high and is coming down? Daughter is gutted and very worried after how we lost our old horse at 15 very suddenly.
Nothing in her paddocks that she shouldn’t be eating, she was in a paddock with very little grass to try and keep on top of her weight along with an increased exercise regieme if 4/5 sessions a week compared to the 2 that she had at the dealers?
Vet said she’s not clinically unwell so continue as we are - have cut her riding down to two schooling sessions of 20/30 mins and a hack per week.