allana

4th year vet student • 25 • life is far too short🤪

[allana @allana_w]

@jesshagain We’ve got cancelled exams, and placements! And our final year postponed😭😭😭

[allana @allana_w]

@VetEd3 I think it just need a lot of time, keep it as clean as possible, out of sunlight and as protected as possible, some form of moisturiser/ emollient. Systemic pain relief. Treat any systemic issues, keep hydrated, good nutrition very important for healing! Keep the horse warm

[allana @allana_w]

@VetEd3 Sedation- CRI with alpha 2 and opioids e.g. butorphanol or something stronger and LA techniques

[allana @allana_w]

@VetEd3 What would you do with this, you obviously want to decrease movement of the extensor tendon so would you just cast bandage the limb to above the knee?

[allana @allana_w]

@VetEd3 I thought with a SDFT injury you get a bowed tendon? Yesterday when we were discussing it, there was also a bowed tendon with a DDFT injury (in a racehorse)? Is that because you likely have damage to SDFT to? Or can you have a bowed tendon with only a DDFT injury?

[allana @allana_w]

@BaneyVictoria @VetEd3 I think of it as you are shortening the outside of the foot to change the balance of the foot, encouraging them to weight bear more through the lateral aspect- straightening the limb up

[allana @allana_w]

@VetEd3 When you see fluid lines on a radiograph, I assume it could be blood (epistaxis) or pus (sinusitis)? If so can you tell the difference on the RG? Obviously you could tell from other signs, but if you were only looking at the RG!

[allana @allana_w]

@VetEd3 Sorry forgot about the tapeworm!

[allana @allana_w]

@VetEd3 Late autumn? Either moxidectin or 5 days of Fenbendazole. Moxidectin preferred (resistance common with fenbendazole) ?

[allana @allana_w]

@VetEd3 Data sheet: F+T day 0, 2nd F+T 6 weeks later, 3rd 5 months later, 1st and 2nd annual boosters F only, 3rd annual booster F+T. Then boosters as BHA (F every one, T every 2)??

[allana @allana_w]

@VetEd3 BHA: 1st F+T day 0, 2nd F+T 21-92 days later, 3rd F 150-215, then annual booster F+T (then F every one and T every 2nd) -6mthly boosters at present.

[allana @allana_w]

@VetEd3 Thankyou so much Patrick!! Enjoy your run🏃🏽

[allana @allana_w]

@VetEd3 Also look for possible underlying cause

[allana @allana_w]

@VetEd3 Change their diet? Wet sloppy feed, lots of turnout and grass! Soaked hay. Feed from floor.

[allana @allana_w]

@VetEd3 ACP? As an anxiolytic

[allana @allana_w]

@VetEd3 Always conservatively first, for the first 24hours- take away food and bedding, sedate it so the head hangs (gravity) maybe some buscopan to relax oesophagus, NSAIDs, AB’s if worried about aspiration

[allana @allana_w]

@VetEd3 Oesophageal choke- history- has it got access to food, has it gorged- beetpulp especially? Try to pass a NG tube, check for obstruction!

[allana @allana_w]

@VetEd3 Choke (oesophageal)

[allana @allana_w]

@VetEd3 Basket forceps through the endoscope and catheter flushing

[allana @allana_w]

@VetEd3 Inspissated pus in the GP, have to be removed otherwise the horse will be a carrier