Client Education

 

Contact ABJ Equine if your horse exhibits any of the following:

Temperature greater than 102ºF
Diminshed gut sounds
Increased heart rate
Abnormal swelling
Colic Pain (pawing, kicking or biting abdomen, rolling, repeatedly lying down and getting up, lip curling, sitting like a dog, generally violent behavior)
Depression
Lack of Appetite
Putting head down as if to drink but NOT drinking
Recumbancy (horse cannot get up )

 

* Normal Vital Signs

Temperature 99-100.5 Degrees Farenheit

Pulse: 24-40 beats per minute at rest (varies with exercise, pain, illness,  etc)

Respiration: 12-24 breaths per minute (at rest, also varies)

Capillary Refill Time (CRT): Less than 2 seconds
To perform this test, press on gums with your finger.  Color should return in less than 2 seconds.  Mucous membranes should be pink in
color.

Gut Sounds should be heard on a regular basis (you can listen to your horse’s gut sounds by putting your ear or a stethoscope on his abdomen)

First Aid Kit

You can purchase a ready-made emergency kit or you can assemble one yourself.

Your kit should contain the following:

Stethoscope

Rectal thermometer

Flashlight (with spare batteries)

Watch with a second hand

Scissors (bandage and small sharp)

Hemostats

Latex gloves

Vetwrap (2 rolls)

Elastikon

Roll Gauze/Gauze Kling Wrap

Permanent Marker

Sheet Cotton

Adhesive Tape

Leg Wraps

Surgical scrub (Chlorohexadine or Betadine scrub)

Antiseptic Solution (Chlorohexadine or Betadine solution)

Telfa pads

Bute and/or Banamine Paste

Biozide gel

4x4 Gauze sponges

Clippers