DunPainted
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On January 3rd, I discovered a mare we sold to a local family six months ago was literally starving to death. Immediately, I hitched up the trailer, and returned "Salty" to our farm.
Two days later, the vet arrived and measured her weight to be 134 pounds (she was approx 250 pounds when she left). On a scale of 1 thru 10, the vet gave her a "body condition score" of 2. The poor girl had the worse case of lice the vet has ever seen in all her years of practice, mastitis and "crackles" in her lungs (not from fluid - which would indicate pnemonia).
Blood was drawn --- the results indicated severe anemia and something the vet has NEVER seen --- a FIBRINOGEN COUNT OF 1100 (normal level is 300)
On January 20th -- after 15 days of receiving SMZ's -- more blood was drawn. FIBRINOGEN is now at 1200
PLEASE NOTE:
Salty has gained weight, as she's been receiving 4 to 5 small meals of warm beet pulp/grain per day, as well as all the hay she can consume.
The vets (inclusive of an internal medicine specialist) performed a full battery of XRAYS & ULTRASOUND of her lungs and abdomen -- everything was clear/healthy.
IF ANYONE HAS AN EXPERIENCE TO SHARE, with regard to an extremely high fibrinogen count, will you be kind enough to either PM me or share with our group?
Many thanks for your help.
Cindy
Two days later, the vet arrived and measured her weight to be 134 pounds (she was approx 250 pounds when she left). On a scale of 1 thru 10, the vet gave her a "body condition score" of 2. The poor girl had the worse case of lice the vet has ever seen in all her years of practice, mastitis and "crackles" in her lungs (not from fluid - which would indicate pnemonia).
Blood was drawn --- the results indicated severe anemia and something the vet has NEVER seen --- a FIBRINOGEN COUNT OF 1100 (normal level is 300)
On January 20th -- after 15 days of receiving SMZ's -- more blood was drawn. FIBRINOGEN is now at 1200
PLEASE NOTE:
Salty has gained weight, as she's been receiving 4 to 5 small meals of warm beet pulp/grain per day, as well as all the hay she can consume.
The vets (inclusive of an internal medicine specialist) performed a full battery of XRAYS & ULTRASOUND of her lungs and abdomen -- everything was clear/healthy.
IF ANYONE HAS AN EXPERIENCE TO SHARE, with regard to an extremely high fibrinogen count, will you be kind enough to either PM me or share with our group?
Many thanks for your help.
Cindy
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