Advice is needed regarding
Mill’s current skin condition. She is my pacemaker dependent PPID/IR 25 year old Arabian mare. I noticed Saturday that she was losing hair in front
of her hip and beside her tail on one side. This is not a typical shedding
pattern for her.
Now it has spread from her withers and down her spine with
some flaking in her mane. The hair comes out with skin attached but the
remaining skin looks fine. There is no crusting, oozing or anything like that.
Mill is usually in the barn when the weather is inclement so I don’t think that
it’s rainrot. She had her first spring bath the week before and I don’t know if
that stirred things up.
My vet was out Wed for floating, vaccs and blood work. The cbc/chemistry
was normal except:
Wbc low 5.2
(5.5-12.5)
Lymphocytes low 884 (1500-7700)
Fibrinogen high 297 (76-230)
Cornell labs from April
6th were:
Acth 19.6 (9-35)
on 8 mg Pergolide
Insulin 17.45 (10-40)
Glucose 86 (71-113)
She was already on Trimethoprim/Sulfa antibiotics for the
floating due to her pacemaker. The vet wants me to continue that for another
week. His other recommendations were to bathe every other day in chlorhexadine
shampoo and to deworm again. I gave ivermectin in February.
Mill is being fed timothy/orchard grass hay, 2.5 lbs Stabul 1,
3 cups r/s/r beet pulp with the following supplements:
2 T salt
1/2 T Move-ease
1/2 T chondroitin
1 T lysine
1 1/2 scoop GI
Conditioner
2400 Vit E
400iu
1/3 c omega max
Are there any
suggestions on what else I can try or any feed and/or supplement
changes/additions that may be beneficial? I have uploaded two photos of the
problem.
Jennifer & Mill in TN
Jan 2011
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