I had a two year old registered full lepard appaloosa that was born on my farm as healthy as they come. She ran and played with all the other horses, was extremely mischeivious, had absolutely no signs of any kind of ailment, and appeared absolutely healthy as could be.
Several days ago she was in the barn being a pain as usual when all of a sudden she collapsed never able to get back to her feet. We had two vets respond immediately and spent several fruitless hours doing everything possible but ended with euthanasia. She was able to move her head but that was it. I have had horses all my life and thought I'd seen everything however, I was absolutely stunned by this occurance!
I was just searching to find some information if anyone had ever encountered such a situation. I found heart murmurs are common among horses but could find nothing referring to equine strokes.
The vets suspect she suffered from a heart murmur as they clearly detected it while at the farm, leading to a stroke.
2007-02-24
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