Horse Health?

Question

I wormed my horse about a month ago with Zimecterin Gold. Every once in awhile my horse get's diharrea. If I wormed him, what could cause this problem?

Answer 1

Loose droppings aren't nice: anything from "cow pats" to watery slurry means dirty horses and difficult mucking out. In some horses it is rare. In others, just the stress of travel and competition can set them off. In any case, loose droppings are a sign that something's not right.

Regular loose droppings might mean your horse has a particular susceptibility to stress, but sudden onset of a smelly and watery projectile diarrhoea, accompanied by darkened mucous membranes, may be indicative of unexpected stress or disease.

The horse's digestive system is huge and when full, accounts for about 15% of its total weight. The small and large intestines account for the majority, with the large intestine holding 100 litres of food and water at any one time.

Anything affecting the digestive system affects the general health of the horse. The whole tract is populated with bacteria and other microbes, particularly the hindgut. Upsetting the balance is what causes loose droppings.

In the small intestine, upsetting the balance through stress allows pathogenic bugs such as salmonella to proliferate. In stressed horses, probiotics or prebiotics are sometimes recommended to prevent this "takeover". Some people report good results, making probiotics or prebiotics a good insurance policy if you have a stressy horse. However, there is actually little scientific proof that they really do work.

The more food you give, the faster it passes through. Horses that are loose on 18lb of hard food per day often improve when the level is dropped to 14lb. In effect what happens here is that more forage is eaten, and this is essential for a healthy digestive system. It acts to "stem the flow".

Any starch and sugar not digested and absorbed in the small intestine passes undigested into the hindgut and disrupts its normal function. Loose droppings are an early sign that things are wrong. Do something about it before it turns into colic, laminitis or tying up.

Possible causes:

# Check temperature and pulse for signs of fever or illness

# Recent use of antibiotics: these disrupt the internal microbial balance

# Check that your worming programme is up to date

# Think back as to recent changes that may have caused a change in the amount or type of food consumed, i.e. turnout on to a new paddock with more grass or a sudden spurt of grass growth. Recent hard work over and above the horse's stage of fitness. A new batch of hay or haylage that the horse isn't eating as well. A sudden weather change such as unexpected frost or thunderstorms.

# Feed to prevent an overload of starch and sugar

# Never give more than 2kg of hard feed at a time

# In high-risk horses, opt for low-starch feeds. Cubes are always lower in starch than mixes

# Of all the starches, starch from maize (corn) is the slowest digested in the small intestine and is the one most likely to overflow into the large intestine. Be wary of feeding large quantities of high-maize diets.

Answer 2

The answer above me was great. I'd really have to ask under what circumstances is he getting it. If it's just every once in a while does it correspond to another horse leaving or coming to the barn, going on trips, stress do to training or showing? I have a mare who goes a little too often whenever she's excited. Not to be gross but every thing just gets runnier and runnier until she's empty and te next day she's fine.
The other very possible explanation is a plant that occassionally shows up in a bale of hay and upsets his stomach. If the diarrhea last a couple days or so food is the most likely culprit. Just observe him the best you can and try to find a pattern that happens before his bouts of diarrhea. Good luck

Answer 3

I wormed my horse with Zimecterin Gold last month and she didn't have any problems. Did you use the same wormer twice in a row? I don't think that that would cause diharhea but maybe. I would call your vet. There is probably something worse than that wormer.

I knew someone that wormed their pony filly and it had diarhea but it also had worms in it. Are there worms too?

Answer 4

Besides worming, also looking to what your horse is eating (pasture for instance) and how much grain he is getting as well.

Also, have a vet examin and do an ultrasound to see if he is having any ulcures or other stomach wall/intestant problems.

Teeth need to be examined, which what places in mouth also determines how it is processed and then expelled from the body.

Here is a quote under "Diarrhoea" section in my horse care book.

"Diarrhoea in mature horses is uncommon. When it does occur, it attracts attention and causes some alarm because often the cause is not determined and the symptoms do not respond o the treatment. Many caes of diarrhoea can be prevented by proper management, including feeding, worming teeth care and cleaniness.

Causes: these included bad teeth, broken teeth or teeth with sharp edges, all of which give rise to incomplete mastication. Other causes are worms and poor nutrition. The quanity and quality of the food may be the cause, e.g., large amounts of succulent, lucerne hay (quanity) and mouldy hay (quality) fed to the horse at irregular intervals. Infection that may be bacterial, virual, or protozoal can cause diarrhea, as can excitment, such as experienced at the races or horse shows. Neverousness or excitement upsets intestinal movement.

Treatment: Some horses do not respond to any treatment. In these caes the only thing to do is to turn them out into a paddock for a lengthy spell. This was the successful treament for Tulloch, oe of the Austrialia's outstanding racing thoroughbreds, a horse that suffered from chronic diarrhoea. (chronic Diarrhoea is often called Tulloch's disease)."

Call Vet who will examin and give proper treatment.

Note dates of last worming, last floating and monitor proper amounts of water intakes.

Answer 5

the place is the cut back? It makes a huge distinction on the type you cope with it. For a wound on the physique - word Furacin (they yellow ointment) or another antibacterial ointment. it would heal up basically high quality. word the ointment 2-three times an afternoon. you may wash it out if the pony will enable you with a hose or heat compresses a pair cases an afternoon too. The ointment might desire to do a solid pastime of retaining the flies off, yet whilst all else fails you ought to positioned money right into a fly sheet. Spray the the remainder of his physique with fly spray, yet stay away from the section the place the cut back is. A cut back on the foot/decrease leg. Soak the leg in Epsom salts if obtainable - if no longer, atleast hose it for 10 minutes an afternoon two times an afternoon for a week. word furacin various cases an afternoon. pay attention for "proud flesh" as horses are very services to it - it relatively is relatively like thick lifeless meaty dermis that covers the wound it prevents it from healing properly. If that happens, you will ideally might desire to have a vet out to cut back it off (you may try with a razor blade while you're brave - it won't harm, jsut do'nt eliminate too lots). you ought to purchase a sort of ointments from vets or feed shops to stay away from proud flesh. A wound on the pinnacle - word an antibiotic ointment some cases an afternoon. you may word "SWAT" - a fly repellant ointment if needed which would be bought from maximum vets or feed shops. it works properly on cuts. you additionally can word a fly mask, basically eliminate on a daily basis to examine wound and make sure this is not springing up extra inflammation to the wound. i might additionally evaluate getting the pony some antibiotics. in case you have a veterinary-customer-affected person-relationshp then supply your vet a decision and notice if that they had prescribe some SMZ-TMP 960 on your horse. it relatively is a huge antibiotic it incredibly is provided in pill form you and you may weigh down it and put in the pony's grain. maximum consume it with none problems. in any different case, you ought to purchase Penicillin over-the-counter from a vet health facility or maximum feed shops have it additionally. supply 20 cc's on a daily basis IM to the pony for a week to ten days (via the top you will possibly no longer be able to seize him or get close to him with the needle however, th'ats why SMZ is starting to be the favored determination). confirm you rotate the factors the place you're giving the shot - do no longer supply in a similar place on a daily basis. wish that enables! maximum suitable needs!

Answer 6

Your horse could be getting diharrea because of the kind of feed he is on, because of his age, a medical problem, or some kind of parasite not covered by the wormer. If the latter seems to be the problem, try rotating wormers. We rotate with zimectrin gold, safe-guard, and strongid. It seems to work very well.

Answer 7

I always use Zemechtrin Gold. It never gave my horses any problems, check with your Equine Vet. I'm sure the wormer wouldnt have given your horse this problem. Unless you gave it too much or something. Its probably not the wormer, call your vet.
Hope Your Horse Gets Better

Answer 8

I would check with your vet, first of all. If your horse is out at pasture, check for any plants or leaves that might cause problems.

Answer 9

Horse with diarehha=very strange. Call a Vet why risks them by asking here, call and ask your vet that's what they are there for!