RESUMO
A comprehensive purchase examination is expected by American clients intent on importing a horse from a foreign country. American veterinarians may be involved in performing purchase examinations in foreign countries or, more often, interpreting findings from foreign veterinarians for their American clients. Exportation and importation requirements for horses and semen vary from country to country. Detailed knowledge of the requirements by all involved veterinarians is essential for efficient and successful international equine travel.
Assuntos
Comércio , Doenças dos Cavalos/diagnóstico , Exame Físico/veterinária , Sêmen/fisiologia , Meios de Transporte , Animais , Cavalos , Internacionalidade , Masculino , Estados Unidos , Medicina Veterinária/métodosRESUMO
Five horses were presented with signs of myopathy along with systemic malaise, hyperfibrinogenemia, hyperphosphatemia, and an elevated calcium phosphorus product (Ca*P). Postmortem findings were consistent with systemic calcinosis, a syndrome of calcium deposition in the tissue of organs including lungs, kidneys, muscle, and heart that has not been previously described in horses.
Assuntos
Calcinose/veterinária , Doenças dos Cavalos/diagnóstico , Animais , Calcinose/sangue , Calcinose/diagnóstico , Calciofilaxia/sangue , Calciofilaxia/diagnóstico , Calciofilaxia/veterinária , Cálcio/sangue , Evolução Fatal , Doenças dos Cavalos/sangue , Cavalos , Masculino , Fósforo/sangueRESUMO
Deafness was confirmed in a blue-eyed, 3-year-old, overo paint horse by brainstem auditory evoked potential. Congenital inherited deafness associated with lack of facial pigmentation was suspected. Assessment of hearing should be considered, especially in paint horses, at the time of pre-purchase examination. Brainstem auditory evoked potential assessment is well tolerated and accurate.