Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Horses getting sick from contaminated feed - what to know
By Keir, A A et al.·Published in The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne·1999·Department of Clinical Studies, Canada·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Outbreak of acute colitis on a horse farm associated with tetracycline-contaminated sweet feed.
- Species:
- horse
Plain-English summary
A group of horses on a farm became sick after eating sweet feed that was contaminated with a medication called tetracycline. One horse developed severe inflammation of the intestines, known as colitis, and sadly passed away, while three other horses had milder diarrhea. The horse that was most affected showed typical signs of a serious type of colitis. The other horses improved after being treated with a medication called zinc bacitracin. Overall, the treatment worked well for the less severely affected horses.
Abstract
Exposure of a group of horses to tetracycline-contaminated feed resulted in acute colitis and subsequent death in one horse and milder diarrhea in 3 others. The most severely affected animal demonstrated clinical and pathological findings typical of colitis X. The other herdmates responded well to administration of zinc bacitracin.
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