Bonden i stan: September 2010

Friday, September 24, 2010

Now they have surgically removed Moneypennys keratoma

Everything went fine and so did the anaesthesia. She was anaesthetized for about one hour. It was enormously interesting to watch it and I have loads of pictures (coming soon) because I got to use one of the (three!) veterinarians Nikon D50 - because we all wanted pictures - both for educational purposes, and for my own private interest.

They have not diagnosed keratoma per se, because there obviously wasn't material enough to make a histological examination, but they say that there is a high probability that it is a keratoma, since it isn't very common with abscesses in that area of the hoof.

Moneypenny is a fighter and I'm sure she'll recover to be a nice and sound horse again! And let's hope that it doesn't reoccur!

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Moneypenny will undergo surgery tomorrow

As some of you already know, I discovered a strange structure in my horse's left front hoof that protruded out in a circular formation. I took the knife and cut it over and found this:

I hadn't seen anything like it before so I called my ferrier who came and told me that it might be a keratoma, which has to be removed surgically in a veterinary clinic.

She has now been diagnosed with keratoma and will be operated on tomorrow - read about the condition here:
http://www.cheshire-equinevets.com/?section=Keratoma

Furthermore, I found other problems in both hind feet which could be canker:
http://www.equipodiatry.com/canker1.htm

and:
http://www.cheshire-equinevets.com/?section=canker

They have not yet diagnosed this - but I'm just waiting for it to come, and it does not look that good in my opinion.

All of this because of a f*king wet rainy disastrous summer. Just another proof of why we will move south!

I loath our climate - it is eating my horse!