Diarrhoea Flashcards
(29 cards)
Complications of diarrhoea
Depression
Colic
Fever
Hypovolemia
SIRS
Laminitis
Secondary infection
How to you provide probiotics to horses
Faecal transfaunation via NG tube
3 example causes of diarrhoea
Cyathostomiasis
Sand enteropathy
Lawsonia intracellularis
Treatment of sand enteropathy
Psyllium
Treatment for Lawsonia intracellularis
Doxycycline
Treatment for right dorsal colitis
Misoprostal/psyllium may be useful
Cyathostomiasis treatment
Moxidectin
When do you isolate
With 2/3 of
Pyrexia
Neutropenia
Diarrhoea
Treatment for mild D+ and normovolaemic (adult)
Grass/pelleted diet. No grains
Biosponge
Monitoring
Treatment groups for acute D+
Fluids
Anti-inflammatories
Analgesia
(Antimicrobials)
Probiotics
Adsorbents
Nutrition
Ideal diet for diarrhoea
Pelleted diet
Gut Adsorbent
Di-Tri Octahedral Smectite (biosponge)
Do you use antimicrobials with diarrhoea?
If neutropenic or septic
Cause of Right dorsal colitis
NSAID toxicity (over licensed doses)
Cause of antimicrobial associated colitis
Disruption of GI flora letting pathogenic bacteria proliferate
Risk factors for sand enteropathy
Sandy pasture
Feeding on the ground
Overgrazing
When does diarrhoea from cyathostomiasis occur
Spring with mass larvae emergence
What periods are neonatal diarrhoea divided into
0-10 days and 10 days - 6 weeks
Most common cause of diarrhoea under 10 days
Foal heat diarrhoea
Gram positive neonate bacterial diarrhoea
Clostridium species
Fungal causes of neonate diarrhoea
Candida/Mucor spp
Risk factors for neonatal diarrhoea
FPT
Poor hygiene
High stocking density
Antimicrobial use
Milk replacement
Non infectious causes of foal diarrhoea
Foal heat
Secondary to meconium impaction
Feeding errors
Gastric ulcers
Sand enterocolitis
Antibiotic induced
Top protozoal cause of diarrhoea in foals
Cryptosporidium
