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A horse may need fluids, especially if its urine is colored, it is receiving NSAIDs, or it is dehydrated. Fluids increase the production of urine that, in turn, helps flush out the excess, and potentially damaging, myoglobin from the kidneys and reduce NSAID-produced kidney damage.
Phenylbutazone, often referred to as "bute", [1] is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) for the short-term treatment of pain and fever in animals.. In the United States and United Kingdom, it is no longer approved for human use (except in the United Kingdom for ankylosing spondylitis), as it can cause severe adverse effects such as suppression of white blood cell production and ...
Despite their widespread use, NSAIDs do have the potential to cause severe toxicity, including GI ulceration, renal tubule disease, renal papillary necrosis, and right dorsal colitis. [24] This is seen most commonly when NSAIDs are used long-term, if they are used at a dose that is higher than recommended, [ 22 ] or if two different NSAIDs are ...
[15] withdrawn from general use in UK but permitted in terminal patients Dexfenfluramine: 1997 European Union, UK, US Cardiotoxic [3] Propoxyphene (Darvocet/Darvon) 2010 Worldwide Increased risk of heart attacks and stroke. [16] Diacetoxydiphenolisatin: 1971 Australia Hepatotoxicity. [3] Diethylstilbestrol: 1970s US Carcinogen Difemerine: 1986 ...
Flunixin is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), analgesic, and antipyretic used in horses, cattle and pigs. It is often formulated as the meglumine salt.In the United States, it is regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and may only be lawfully distributed by order of a licensed veterinarian.
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During the final month of gestation, alloantibodies concentrate into the colostrum. Horses, unlike humans, have an epitheliochorial placenta which prevents the transfer of antibodies to the foal in-utero. Foals are only exposed when they first nurse and ingest colostrum, so therefore are born without the disease and acquire it soon after birth.
Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM) is a disease that affects the central nervous system of horses. It is caused by a protozoal infection that is brought about by the apicomplexan parasites Sarcocystis neurona or Neospora hughesi. Most cases are caused by S. neurona. The lifecycle and transmission of N. hughesi is not well understood. [1]