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A foal should nurse within this many hours of birth
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Dropping of partially chewed food from the mouth, likely because of dental issues
Quidding
Most common cause for acute, severe lameness in horses
Hoof abscess
Endocrine disease of older hoses that in which increased levels of pituitary-secreted ACTH stimulate high levels of circulating cortisol
Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction (PPID or Equine Cushings)
Highly fatal neurologic disease characterized by a stiff, stilted gait, hyperexcitability, seizure and coma
Tetanus
Produced by cells undergoing anaerobic metabolism due to lack of oxygen
Lactate
Horses with severe dental disease or those that bolt their feed are prone to this
Choke
Chronic, low grade heel pain that is often bilateral, intermittent lameness with pain over the frog using hoof testers
Navicular syndrome
The most common cause of blindness in horse is an immune-mediated condition with this name
Equine Recurrent Uveitis (Moon Blindness)
Viral infection transmitted by biting flies with clinical signs of anemia, fever and weight loss (or no signs). Results in permanent infection and lifelong carrier status
Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA)
The possible result of a mare running milk before foaling, not producing enough colostrum or foal too weak to nurse
Failure of Passive Transfer
NG intubation, bloodwork, rectal palpation, ultrasonagraphy and abdominocentesis are all possible diagnostics for this common problem
Colic
A gait abnormality characterized by exaggerated upward flexion of the hindlimb when walking
Stringhalt
Insulin dysregulation results in obesity, laminitis, increased appetite and decreased fertility in this syndrome
Equine Metabolic Syndrome
Sarcocystis neurona, a protozoal parasite carried by opposums, invades the spinal cord and causes ataxia, weakness and unilateral muscle atrophy in this disease
Equine Protozoal Myelitis (EPM)
Colostrum may be absorbed by a neonatal foal's GI tract for up to this many hours after birth
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Neorickettsia risticii , carried by freshwater snails and insects, when transmitted to horses causes high fevers and diarrhea known as this disease
Potomac Horse Fever
A bacterial infection (Fusarium necrophorum) in the sulci around the frog that usually does not cause lameness unless severe
Thrush
An inflammatory cellular exudate in the anterior chamber of the eye
Hypopyon
Heaves, Inflammatory Airway Disease (IAD), Recurrent Airway Obstruction (RAO) and summer pasture-associated airway disease are all components or sequelae of this condition
Equine Asthma
A lab test that amplifies a specific segment of genetic material (DNA) from bacteria or viruses
PCR
Class of gastric ulcer treatment preferred for use in horses
Proton pump inhibitors
Common name for 2nd and 4th metacarpals (or metatarsals)
Splint bones
A benign, locally invasive tumor of the skin that has 2 forms
Sarcoid
Cardiac condition with an irregularly irregular heart beat and clinical signs of exercise intolerance and poor ferformance
Atrial fibrillation