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Gosh he didn't even get to cover a mare for them!
So Run for the Roses, as fast as you can.....
adrienne wrote:Two stallions dead in the same year of a ruptured stomach?!
What's going on there?
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What exactly causes that? Either it's extremely coincidental, much more common than I was aware, or something's up. I've read things about overconsumption of feed and effects of laminitis medication but why on earth bring him over if he's got laminitis?
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ruptured stomachs in dogs.
In dogs, ruptured stomachs can occur when the animal is extremely anxious. The stomach can flip over and then ruptures from the contorted position.
Unfortunately, a dog I took care of lost her "mate" (both fixed) in say February, and was quite depressed. She tended towards nervousness anyway. Then in March the owners had to go away, when no one was available to watch her...she died in the kennel of this ruptured stomach.
They really didn't want to put her in the kennel in her mental state, but never expected that.
Unfortunately, a dog I took care of lost her "mate" (both fixed) in say February, and was quite depressed. She tended towards nervousness anyway. Then in March the owners had to go away, when no one was available to watch her...she died in the kennel of this ruptured stomach.
They really didn't want to put her in the kennel in her mental state, but never expected that.
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It is common with large dogs, like Swiss mountain dogs and a breed which is at the moment quite popular, the Benner Senner dog.
I remember however my vet rescued a Belgian shepard dog quite a few years ago, he wasn't that large, just an ordianary "Mechelaer", sorry don't know the English word for it. He also had this twisted stomach.
I remember however my vet rescued a Belgian shepard dog quite a few years ago, he wasn't that large, just an ordianary "Mechelaer", sorry don't know the English word for it. He also had this twisted stomach.
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A stomach rupture is a complication of colic in horses, unlike a flipped stomach in dogs.
When a horse begins to exhibit signs of colic, one of the first things that a vet does in pass a nasogastric tube into the horse's stomach to allow the reflux of the contents, effectively "vomitting" the horse. If the horse must be transported to a sugical facility, the tube will often be left in the horse to prevent fluid from accumulating in the stomach in such quanities that would cause it to rupture. It is also left in or passed periodically (every two to four hours, or when the horse's heart rate is elevate and it displays signs of pain) when hospitalized post-sugery or when the horse is being medically treated.
Most horses that reflux heavily have a problem with their small intestine, either a surgical lesion or an enteritis, which has to be medically treated.
I knew of a horse recently that had to be refluxed every two hours during treatment for enteritis, and he reluxed over 72 liters of fluid overnight. Had he not been hospitalized and received this treatment, obviously he would have ruptured his stomach!
Unusual that two horses would have died of a ruptured stomach on the same farm in such a short period of time, but no one would have thought much of it if the cause was just put down as due to colic.
These horses can accumulate a large amount of fluid in their stomachs in a short amount of time, and one of the most common scenarios that is seen is that a horse begins to colic, a local vet is called out and treats the horse, and the horse appears to respond. When he becomes painful again, the vet says to put the horse on the trailer to get to a surgical facility, and by the time the horse arrives, his stomach has ruptured. Tragic.
When a horse begins to exhibit signs of colic, one of the first things that a vet does in pass a nasogastric tube into the horse's stomach to allow the reflux of the contents, effectively "vomitting" the horse. If the horse must be transported to a sugical facility, the tube will often be left in the horse to prevent fluid from accumulating in the stomach in such quanities that would cause it to rupture. It is also left in or passed periodically (every two to four hours, or when the horse's heart rate is elevate and it displays signs of pain) when hospitalized post-sugery or when the horse is being medically treated.
Most horses that reflux heavily have a problem with their small intestine, either a surgical lesion or an enteritis, which has to be medically treated.
I knew of a horse recently that had to be refluxed every two hours during treatment for enteritis, and he reluxed over 72 liters of fluid overnight. Had he not been hospitalized and received this treatment, obviously he would have ruptured his stomach!
Unusual that two horses would have died of a ruptured stomach on the same farm in such a short period of time, but no one would have thought much of it if the cause was just put down as due to colic.
These horses can accumulate a large amount of fluid in their stomachs in a short amount of time, and one of the most common scenarios that is seen is that a horse begins to colic, a local vet is called out and treats the horse, and the horse appears to respond. When he becomes painful again, the vet says to put the horse on the trailer to get to a surgical facility, and by the time the horse arrives, his stomach has ruptured. Tragic.