Alison. 22. RVC 3rd Year, ex G+T.

I've been lazy and not updated, sorry to the 4 people who read this!

The last couple of weeks have been the type where I don't want to do anything apart from eat and sleep when I get in from uni. Think it's probably as I haven't done anything exciting this week.

Did equine clinical club rounds this week. It was quite interesting, saw two cases.

- 16.2hh 12yr gelding, previous history of violent outbursts in his stable, stamping his feet and tensing his neck. Had been getting so bad, clients vet had to sedate him frequently. He was in for a CT scan and a CSF tap. Found Cholesterol Granuloma on CT. Presents as a mass in the ventricles. Thought possibly to cause pressure build up of CSF until cannot drain (causing pain hence outbursts) until it drains again. CSF tap to assess for inflammatory cells.

Cholesterol Granuloma in a horse, labelled CG.

- Friesian stallion, pulls funeral hearses. Came in with an impaction on the right side, as opposed to the normal left. Nasal discharge and reflux. Aspiration of reflux causing pneumonia within 12 hours of admission. Ultrasound revealed considerable consolidated of left and right lung. Started on antibiotics... metranidazole, penicillin and one beginning with an e that isn't licensed in horses in the cascade. Aggressive approach as horses from client had previously died from pneumonia suddenly. Started to recover, re-ultrasound, considilation clearing up, much better. GI problems also cleared. Preparing him to be discharged, changed to doxycycline as oral form, easier to maintain. Spiked a fever. Put back on metranidazole and penicllin. Recovered. Taken off, spiked again. Repeat by 10 days, finally stopped spiking and was discharged. Own vet to take blood end of next week, if fibrinogen and saa down antibiotics can be stopped.

Anyway, that was a load of vet waffle. I'm at work at the moment, bored. I've got a viewing later which is always great, especially when people don't turn up!

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