Sending you & your gelding some more Jingles & AO ~
*** Ulcerguard & pain meds ~ consistently administered during this critical period … please !
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Someone, please tell me this horse is on something other than aspirin for pain control.
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I’d wager the aspirin is to minimize the occurrence of microthrombi in the vasculature of the foot, not for analgesia.
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Been thinking about your guy. Hope things are going well.
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Agreed, but the way OP worded her post made me think that she thought it was for pain. Maybe I misunderstood, but I wanted her to realize that it wasn’t sufficient.
You did read about her team of horse care specialists, right?
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OP,
Please report back on how it all goes!
It has long been my observation that the average veterinarian has absolutely no idea as to how a horse should be trimmed and shod. Ditto for the average shoer. Over the years I have listened to many different theories, most of them from individuals who will never again cross my threshold.
Fortunately, sometimes after great frustration, I have managed to find several good ones. Sadly they either retire or move to sunnier locations. How dare they?!!!
I have many jingles for the OP.
I do hope that as soon as the sole heals over, some type of protective pad can be put in place in order to allow the horse to move about, which will encourage growth.
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Could you explain what this is? I am seriously curious. You are a vet right? Shouldn’t the horse be on something for pain as well though?
Asprin inhibits the protein COX2, which activates a number of adhering pathways in blood cells (pathways that encourage blood cells to stick together). Asprin may do other things that aren’t known. If the blood cells can’t adhere to each other, a clot can’t form. Or is less likely to form. This is why stroke patients or people at serious risk of stroke take daily asprin.
That would be for small clots in the hoof wouldn’t it? The aspirin that is.
In some cases of laminitis, particularly those associated with sepsis, small blood clots (microthrombi) form, and can block small vessels in the foot, resulting in damage to the laminae related to insufficient oxygen reaching the tissues. Aspirin inhibits platelet aggregation, so microthrombi are less likely to form.
The horse may well be on some type of pain medication. Certainly the owner has been working with several DVMs on the case. It is unclear to me why some people here seem to assume no one dealing with this horse is unable to provide at least symptomatic treatment.
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Thanks for the explanation.
I guess people (me included) assumed the horse was only on aspirin, because that’s what the OP said he was on. She didn’t mention anything else. We could be wrong, but just going by what OP posted.
