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Post by fancyhorse on Nov 5, 2008 14:30:43 GMT -5
I could be just miss spelling it. However, we have a horse at the track that has been developing little sores/scabs on the front and back of his pasterns, also inflammation and heat start at the pasterns and radiated up into his fetlock and sometimes tendon.
The vet diagnosed him with "Chronic", stating it was due to a poor immune system. I'd love to do a google search on this and find articles explaining this as well as other known cases, however I can't find anything.
Has anyone ever heard of it?
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Post by samantha on Nov 5, 2008 15:50:53 GMT -5
Hmm, I've never heard of anything just called Chronic... chronic something else maybe, but not just chronic...
What did he say the treatment is?
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Post by fancyhorse on Nov 5, 2008 17:37:42 GMT -5
His treatment stated a certain type of ani-inflamatory in his feed and also keeping the area very dry and wraped most of the time.
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Post by samantha on Nov 5, 2008 21:51:30 GMT -5
It's not scratches? It kind of sounds like a very severe case, although I'm not sure what the anti inflammatory would do...
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Post by fancyhorse on Nov 5, 2008 22:24:31 GMT -5
Its not scratches and withthe anti-inflammatory it will take away all the inflamtion in his patern/fetlock/tendon area from these little scabs!
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Post by TeachU2Ride on Nov 6, 2008 18:09:25 GMT -5
I'd have the vet send a skin scraping to the lab to look for fungal and/or bacterial triggers. Just knocking down the inflammation will hide it but probably not cure it.
I'm fishing for the name of a condition commonly seen in draft horses with feathered legs. It starts off just as you're describing, but with time the lymph drainage system is involved and the leg gets really ugly. It's immune-mediated, so it may be what your vet was referring to, although not the problem you're necessarily dealing with. I'll come back if I can find the name...
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Post by crewgirl34 on Nov 6, 2008 20:01:49 GMT -5
I'd have the vet send a skin scraping to the lab to look for fungal and/or bacterial triggers. Just knocking down the inflammation will hide it but probably not cure it. I'm fishing for the name of a condition commonly seen in draft horses with feathered legs. It starts off just as you're describing, but with time the lymph drainage system is involved and the leg gets really ugly. It's immune-mediated, so it may be what your vet was referring to, although not the problem you're necessarily dealing with. I'll come back if I can find the name... Are you thinking about Chronic Progressive Lymphoedema? I've never heard of it in anything but drafts, especially as it seems to be genetic. |
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Post by TeachU2Ride on Nov 7, 2008 8:28:30 GMT -5
Yep - that's what I was thinking. Thanks!
I've seen pictures of non-draft legs looking similar, due to persistent fungal infection. The lymph system can't handle the swelling and scabbing. So perhaps not exactly the same condition, but along those lines.
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