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Pet Forum / Miscellaneous / Animal Health / May 2005Foal with white diarrhea
I have a 2 month old foal who's had completely white and quite malodorous diarrhea for two days. Nothing seems off about it apart from this, it eats and drinks normally. I'm an MD and while I'm not an DVM, in humans it could be something related to the ductus choledocus; is it the same in equines? month old foal who's had completely white and quite > malodorous diarrhea for two days. Nothing seems off about it apart from > this, it eats and drinks normally. > I'm an MD and while I'm not an DVM, in humans it could be something > related to the ductus choledocus; is it the same in equines? I am a vet but am not able to do telediagnosis. There could be many reasons, including certain bacterial,viral and parasitic infections, and heritable conditions. Take the foal's temperature (Koerperinnentemperatur/rektal gem.) . Get a horse veterinarian.to check the foal. Get the vet today. 2 days of this could be life threatening. While horses have a Ductus choledochus, they do not have a gall bladder, and they are monogastric herbivores dependent on a very specific bacterial caecum flora which aids in digestion. Any dysbacteric event can throw digestion off, plus of course the possibilities of liver disease u.a.. So get your vet, please. fiddlinvet |
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