Poorly youngster, vet baffled, any ideas?

Thank you all for your kind thoughts.

I've had the 3 other youngsters (who were sharing his grazing) blood tested as I'm worred re atypical myopathy/poision/toxins although the symptoms don't quite fit, all three bloods are clear thank goodness.
 
I am sorry to hear about your loss, did you get the results from the PM ? Was liver fluke present in the liver or bile ducts ?
 
No liver fluke found, he had signs of infection in the bile ducts, liver not enlarged. PM also found he had steatitis, which is rare in anything other than very young foals (common in other species though). Muscle inflammation found in all muscle samples. The vet is still baffled and still can't give me any answers as to what caused his illness. Very sad.

I'm beginning to wonder about mycotoxins in hay caused by the awful wet summer we had, as there are an awful lot of 'liver problems' posts on the forums at the moment.
 
Such a shame... x My mare is not well she reared up in the arena, twice and threw her rider, out of character, back,teeth ok, vet blood tested and her GGT was 150, it is now 53 6 weeks later treated with fasimex , matacam and anti biotics. She didn't look un well I just knew something made her rear and doubted it was just a mare thing... she is not out of the woods yet but she is eating better and she is due another blood test next week. These things baffle the vets and I know it is hard to diagnose with bloods, scans or even biopsy.
 
Foxy - sorry about your colt............I lost a yearling last year with an unconfirmed illness, same symptoms and eating fine, no sign of infections, bloods clear etc etc but clearly not right and both vets gave prognosis of a wobbler - even with the steroids to stabilise her she got worse not better and a decision was to PTS

I feel very frustrated when no clear results are found.............
 
Thanks, sorry to hear about your yearling. It's awful not having answers, and I worry about my other youngsters. I couldn't bear to lose any of the others. :(
 
lamehorse, I don't understand your reply, what did the first vet say your results were? how did your second diagnosis differ from the first? Because my colt was put to sleep, his liver had a thorough examination during post mortem and ragwort poisioning, which causes a specific type of damage, was conclusively ruled out. I understand that biopsies on living horses can give false negative results because only tiny bits are taken (for obvious reasons).
 
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