#equine vet

[doodlehorseafternoon]

Week one as a practicing equine veterinarian has been a blast. One heck of a nap was required this weekend, but I'd call it a fabulous start!

#veterinary medicine #vetblr #veterinarian #horse #equine vet #vetmed #the two month old warmblood colt trying to kill us was a surprise tho

[hippolotamus]

Fuck it Friday/Last Line Challenge 🌻

Last night, there I am, lovingly thinking of having enough energy to write on my current WIPs, when @pirrusstuff and I start discussing cowboy boots. Specifically ones with sunflowers on them. And that, friends, is how we ended up here. Please accept this brain dump of words in which Buck is the local livestock vet that Eddie Diaz absolutely cannot stand, but is forced to deal with.

“Bobby.” Eddie’s tone borders on a whine. “There’s nothing else you can do?” “‘Fraid not. I’ve pulled out every trick I know. Ya gotta call him.” Bobby pauses for what Eddie’s certain is only dramatic effect. “Unless, of course, you want her to get an infection or, more realistically, die.” Eddie sighs and lets his head drop between his shoulders. He knows Bobby’s right, even had a feeling it might come to this before Bobby started throwing him nervous glances when Lola didn’t appear to be progressing. Unfortunately, now, there’s no time to waste on Eddie’s petty grudge.   Without looking up from where he’s crouched next to his very pregnant, very distressed mare, Eddie holds his hand out expectantly.   “Already dialed for you,” Bobby says, a little too smugly, handing him the phone.   “‘Lo?” The familiar voice answers, sounding like he’s chewing. Logically, Eddie knows it’s just coincidental timing, but it still feels like a purposeful slight. “Buckley, I’ve got a mare in labor, stalled. Between me and Nash we’ve tried everything we can think of, but we’re gonna need a hand here.”   There’s a long pause that would make him think they got disconnected except for the loud crunching.  “Huh,” Buck finally says. “So there is something you can’t do.” “Are you coming or not?” Eddie spits back. He can practically hear the smirk forming on Buck’s lips.  “Don't worry, sunshine. Be right there.” 

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#sobs quietly #please i cannot have more WIPs #also i don't know a thing about horses or their care #hippos do not know the ways of equine #this should be interesting #buddie wip #eddie really hates buck's stupid face #and the stupid sunflowers on his stupid cowboy boots #why does that idiot have to be the only vet in town? #at least he's competent #and his ass looks amazing in those jeans #and oh shit does eddie *really* hate him? #i think we all know the answer to that #hippo writes #fuck it friday #fic: sweetest of the sunflowers

[equinesandeducation]

Started the day with a headache, but thankfully nothing pain killers, cafeïne and a pain au chocolat couldn’t fix 🙌🏻 a lot of lectures to get through today, but small breaks outside made for a pretty good day ✨

#studyspo #studyblr #medblr #bujo #vetmed #vetblr #vet students #veterinary medicine #veterinary science #equine medicine #med student #vet med #medschool #light academia #academia #academia aesthetic #uni #iPad #goodnotes #studying #thesis

[grumpy-mare]

Sunrise at the beach for our first visit back to Muriwai after the February cyclone devastated the area taking peoples lives and houses. The main road has only just reopened, seeing the land slips and damage in person is unreal and the continuous rain and storms we have had since then have only made things worse. What a nightmare of a year

#dime #goose #one of our best local equine vets died in the landslide trying to rescue a lady from her house along with another volunteer firefighter #just horrible and the weather has been relentless ever since #months and months of it we just can’t catch a break

[labvet]

Today in Vet School

My very last overnight shift of clinics and I’m fighting foals and spying on mares waiting to see if they go into labor. Also my allergies are starting to get to me. How do horse people do it?

#today in vet school #vet school #vet school probs #veterinary medicine #equine med

[horsesarecreatures]

Please consider sharing - this disease needs more awareness, especially for horses that live or have lived in Pennsylvania. Many horses are not getting diagnosed until they have become dangerous.

Interesting lecture on EDM by one of the vets working on Cannoli. Far more informative than the articles online. I have only known of one other horse who had it, a racing qh filly Ursula bought in 2006. Sadly, she was euthanized within a month of diagnosis. In all my years of being around horses, I hadn’t seen another with EDM. Until now. I always considered it a very rare condition.

But it’s on the rise. It was first seen in the 70s and 80s, slowed down in the 90s, and was seemingly gone by the early 2000s. But, starting in 2014, it’s been making a comeback - this time with mental signs being reported and not just ataxia. And at New Bolton, they actually see more cases of it than EPM. Additionally, like Cannoli, the horses at New Bolton tend to be older than typical. Most are 5-15 years of age. And warmbloods, while traditionally it’s been seen mostly in tbs, qhs, and standardbreds. It seems to be suggestive of an environmental source in that region - but it seems weird that horses in PA in general would be more deficient in vitamin c than others. Most areas are fairly lush with grass. 

And at New Bolton, a lot don't even come in for nuero issues. Just general lameness like Cannoli. Also, most are geldings. 

^ This chart only reflects the number of confirmed (post-mortem) cases. There were far more horses coming in with suspected EDM, but it couldn't be proven while they were still alive. 

Quote: “Is it that they are just upset that they’re losing coordination and so they’re acting out? I don’t really think that’s the case; I think its more likely that their brain function has actually changed with this disease... If you look at neurodegenerative diseases in people, visual hallucinations are actually quite common... the spookiness that we are perceiving is actually the horse seeing something that’s not there.”

Interestingly, she also said that when the horses are in the hospital, if they’re spooky, it’s when they’re walking through doorways and there have been changed in light. Kind of like when I brought Cannoli out of the barn to handgraze him, and when I took him from his field to the indoor arena.

From the question portion at the end:

“They are more likely to hurt people than horses with all of the other neurologic diseases I deal with. It’s kind of the nature of their bad behavior that they’re very explosive and unpredictable. I’ve talked to lots of very amazing, professional riders and horse people, and they will tell me ‘I’m really good, I can stay on a horse, I can read a horse, I’ve been doing this my entire career, but this horse is different, this horse I can’t read, this horse I can’t predict.’ I’ve sadly talked to a lot of people that have had broken arms, broken legs, broken jaws, and have had to be air lifted even to a hospital because these horses have done something that is unexpected and they couldn't get away fast enough. And this happens to both riders who are on their back as well as to people working with them on the ground. And sometimes it’s the ataxia/lack of coordination...but it’s more commonly the unpredictable behavior that makes them dangerous. And I’ve had people who tried putting them in retirement situations where they weren’t riding them, and they wound up not being safe because the horse’s behavior and their demeanor changed to the point where they spook or they bolt or they do something just being led to the pasture and back in.”

“A common misdiagnosis is eye problems because of the spookiness that these horses have. Another common misdiagnosis is musculoskeletal problems” 

“It’s not a linear progression. It’s not that they get worse and worse and worse and worse and worse. It’s up and down... the natural tendency may be to have a good period, and then everyone assumes that whatever treatment they had given to the horse was the cause of the improvement, when really it was just the natural progression of a disease that waxes and wanes over time.”

The progression of the disease - its variable from horse to horse. Some horses are affected at a younger age and they just seem to plateau. So it’s more like the old version of EDM where they might show signs as yearlings of 2 year olds, and these are often horses that don't have some of the dramatic behavior changes, and they stay at the same level of neurologic function over a number of years. And some of them can actually be successful in their careers because horses learn to compensate... The ones that seem to progress more rapidly are, to me, the ones with the marked behavior changes. Because not every horse has the behavior changes. To me that signifies and increased level of dysfunction, and we often see a worsening neurologic status over months to a year if we repeat the evaluations on these horses. So sometimes it’s dramatically two or three months, and sometimes it’s six to twelve months. So not every horse gets worse, but those are the two different time frames that we’re thinking about.”

#EDM #Equine Degenerative Myeloencephelopathy #you can tell this lady is a great vet who was able to compile this information by listening to the owners #and doesn't blow them off when they say their horse behaves 'as if a switch flipped' #even though he's probably not getting the bone cyst surgery #thank god i took him here #because i don't think vets in my area would have picked up on it since it's rare

[foggy-milk]

Maybe I should got back to uni to study equine veterinary

I have thoughts

But no money

#mainly playing with the idea in my brain me like horses and there is a shortage of equine vets #although mentally I don’t think I can handle the idea of an animal sick and or in pain

[ahorsenamedphoebe]

The lightweight got her teeth done yesterday

#equestrian #horses of tumblr #equine #horses #horseblr #vet care #teeth floating #Luna

[er-cryptid]

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[phantom-of-the-keurig]

I hate learning about horses so fuckin much bruh

Horses were God’s biggest mistake

#and they are constantly injuring themselves for no reason??? and for what?? #I can’t #vet school stuff #rantings of a future dogtor #equine medicine #btw I’m joking I like horses they just confuse and worry me

[track2hack]

29.01.2023

Poor Storm’s leg has blown up even more 😪 One call to the vet later and he’s now on Bute and antibiotics so hopefully it starts going down and he feels better 🤞

#my $400 horse is about to cost me $1000 of vet bills 🥴 #horseblr #horsblr #equiblr #equine #equestrian #horses #horses of tumblr #thoroughbred #ottb #off track racehorse #retired racehorse #ex racehorse #chestnut horse #my ponies

[equinesandeducation]

Study vibes 🥰

#studyblr #vetmed #vetblr #vet school #veterinary medicine #veterinary science #medblr #med school #equine medicine #light academia #dark academia #aesthetic #bujo #iPad #goodnotes

[onebi1]

Today at the horspital there were a lot of horses trying to unalive themselves. It’s uncommon for us to have a day with 0 emergency calls but today was a rare high for this time of year. One died of a tummy ache on the table in the AM, and two more were on their way in when I clocked out. It’s always a gamble on if emergency=euthanasia but that’s just business.

For those interested in a morbid round of play along at home, vote below for which, if either, of the two emergencies arriving at the horspital this evening make it out alive based on the symptoms I was given over the phone.

#prediction #survey #veterinary medicine #horses #horse anatomy #tw vet #tw animal illness #tw animal injury #tw animal death #tw animal dying #tw animal harm #tw animal sickness #equine #equestrainlife #horseblr #polls #tumblr polls #poll

[labvet]

Today in Vet School:

"They were designed to run really really fast until a wolf or a sabertooth tiger or something eats them...or eats their slower friend. Then they go back to eating."

~Equine Professor regarding the evolution of the horse

#today in vet school #equine med #vet school #vet school funnies #veterinary medicine #vet med #horses

[bunnies-at-midnight]

went out of state today to assist in an equine inguinal hernia repair surgery !!! so freaking cool. i got to place a jugular catheter on a horse!!!!!!!

#equine #equine medicine #vet med #veterinary technology #veterinary medicine #surgery #horses

[mycatrunsthisvetblr]

This made me think of the summer when I first started my studyblr...

I AM working full time at a vet clinic this summer so I am finding it a bit difficult to find time to study, made this to try and combat that... Love the job though :) Will have to post more about it later, everything has just been so busy!

#LOADS of lectures this course #and I only have like 6 weeks left until the exam... #the exam is equine medicine #studyblr #vetblr #bujo #bullet journal #vet student #study plan