One of our horses (mare, 4 yrs old, draft/tb), Fiona, just lost her back end. She is wobbling all over the place. She was perfectly fine yesterday, and today my sister rode her and was riding fine for a couple minutes and then her backend gave out. She started 10 min or so into the ride. She was crossing over, trying to stay up, always falling to the right.
The vet came out and gave steriods. She did have a vaccination yesterday, and we are hoping for the best- an inflammation reaction in the spine, but the vet says possible but unlikely. Vet also thinks possible EPM or Wobbles. I do not know much about wobbles, but with EPM (in the case I know of) it was a slow advancement with stiffness and nuerological signs.
Fiona is falling all over the place, but is in no pain, her front end works fine, and has no nuerological signs. She is in a stall and very pissed about it- her normal behavior.Everything is normal- except her backend.
2007-03-11 13:29:16 · 3 answers · asked by D 7 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
What I am wondering is if you can direct me to a good site on wobbles, or if you know of any freak occurances like this. Any info, even just something you heard that I could research would be grealy appreciated. The vet is doing her best, but I want to try to see if I can find any other possibilities.
2007-03-11 13:30:32 · update #1
doesn't EPM usually hit slow with nuerological signs? I know of a mare that had it- she started out stiff 2 years before she had any wobbling. Then the nuerological stuff (couldn't turn left, continual circling) started when the wobbling did and then it was quick. In Fiona's case- her back end is just not working. No inflammation near the spine, no pain, no nuerological signs. The vet suggested EHV1, but we have a closed barn and none of our horses showed any kind of sickness (they actually never get sick).
2007-03-12 04:11:22 · update #2
There are many things that will cause a horse to suddenly in the back end.
Disease - Test
Fracture - radiograph
EPM - antibody test available
Cervical stenotic myelopathy (wobbler syndrome) - radiograph
Equine herpesvirus myeloencephalopathy - CSF tap
Stringhalt, Shivers - visible signs (no test)
Excertional myopathy (Tying up) - enzyme levels, muscle biopsy
Spinal cord trauma.
And a few other rare ones.
EPM is possible but Wobblers sounds unlikely (usually occurs before 4 years old). Try looking these up and you might find one that fits with her signs better. As shown there are tests that can help you. I hope things improve for you, your sister and most of all Fiona. Good luck
2007-03-12 02:49:20 · answer #1 · answered by Callie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've answered this and included a link to a page with information on Wobbler syndrome (among others) :http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=ApJT9vKg9085HyKwJF.27kDsy6IX?qid=20070312062529AAPWCZT&show=7#profile-info-1a66e55f2184fe6adca74fb4a9e4fd8caa
2007-03-12 11:55:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I HAVE ALSO ANSWERED THIS AND SAID I AM SORRY
2007-03-12 11:59:30 · answer #3 · answered by none 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋