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| suyents |
Posted - 16 Sep 2011 : 6:15:39 PM
Hi,
would be grateful for any informed ideas...
a friend knows of a two month old foal that has suddenly started to behave as if blind...
the local vet who went to see the foal said it could be some sort of infection that has resulted in epilepsy (??!) and has prescribed Phenotal 60
i will phone my UK vets on Monday, but in the meantime, any thoughts? Somewhere in the dim recesses of my mind i seem to remember that a deficiency of something or other can cause temporary blindness....??
Thanks for any ideas.
suyen.
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| barbara.gregory |
Posted - 17 Sep 2011 : 4:45:10 PM
On another forum there was a thread about a foal who went blind and gradually recovered; it wasn't treated in any way as no cause could be found but over time it recovered it's sight with no problems.
Do check that the foal is actually blind!
Barbara |
| Pasch |
Posted - 17 Sep 2011 : 3:37:13 PM
Has any field next been sprayed with chemicals?Some can cause blindness too.I don't see what has epilepsy got to do with it.. |
| SueB |
Posted - 17 Sep 2011 : 1:03:31 PM
We had a 5 month old foal some years ago now that had similar symptoms, she was put into a darkened stable and given massive antibiotics over a week.
Bloods proved nothing?? after a week or so she got better and was fit and healthy.
My vet put it down to a bacterial infection that went to her brain.
Mind you I think bloods being done now would provide more info than 20 years ago!
Hope all this foal will be OK. |
| Nimlat |
Posted - 17 Sep 2011 : 09:33:41 AM
Yes, I thought of lead poisoning. Hope you soon find the reason. |
| suyents |
Posted - 16 Sep 2011 : 11:24:03 PM
Cheers.
Found an excellent article on Google.... |
| hazelcat74 |
Posted - 16 Sep 2011 : 9:51:41 PM
Just a thought, could he have been eating anything poisonous in the field? |
| Quarabian |
Posted - 16 Sep 2011 : 6:45:24 PM
Certainly check for lead poisoning. |
