Sugarplum Furry
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Brief summary.
Arab, aged 20.
Started losing a bit of weight Sept 2012.
Weight loss accelerated Oct 2012.
Vet visit Nov. Bloods taken, liver problem indicated. GGT 650.
Scan and biopsy. Biopsy showed liver damage but no sign of it on scan.
Full body scan showed no abnormalities.
Steroids prescribed, horse has been on 400mg a day.
Still losing weight and has muscle wastage.
Now starting to lose large chunks of coat.
He's been tested for liver fluke..negative....ragwort poisoning...negative..virus...negative.
Tim Brazil (you may have heard of him) did the scans and biopsy, he's stumped, as is my own vet. Vet came and took bloods again yesterday and I should get the results later today but it's all a mystery at the moment and meanwhile my poor boy is looking worse by the week, he honestly looks like a half starved Egyptian carriage horse, so pitiful. He's on two feeds a day of D and H Over 16, Dengie with oil, sugar beet, grass pencils, Copra meal and milk thistle plus ad lib hay. Rugged to eyeballs. Seems bright enough in himself, eating up well. Help! Anyone with experience of anything like it? Even if it's not good I need to know. I'm not going to let him go on like this and I'll do the right thing if he continues to keep going downhill, hard though it is...
Arab, aged 20.
Started losing a bit of weight Sept 2012.
Weight loss accelerated Oct 2012.
Vet visit Nov. Bloods taken, liver problem indicated. GGT 650.
Scan and biopsy. Biopsy showed liver damage but no sign of it on scan.
Full body scan showed no abnormalities.
Steroids prescribed, horse has been on 400mg a day.
Still losing weight and has muscle wastage.
Now starting to lose large chunks of coat.
He's been tested for liver fluke..negative....ragwort poisoning...negative..virus...negative.
Tim Brazil (you may have heard of him) did the scans and biopsy, he's stumped, as is my own vet. Vet came and took bloods again yesterday and I should get the results later today but it's all a mystery at the moment and meanwhile my poor boy is looking worse by the week, he honestly looks like a half starved Egyptian carriage horse, so pitiful. He's on two feeds a day of D and H Over 16, Dengie with oil, sugar beet, grass pencils, Copra meal and milk thistle plus ad lib hay. Rugged to eyeballs. Seems bright enough in himself, eating up well. Help! Anyone with experience of anything like it? Even if it's not good I need to know. I'm not going to let him go on like this and I'll do the right thing if he continues to keep going downhill, hard though it is...