My first day of Equine Internal Medicine was a little overwhelming! We started the day with 4 students and 13 patients! But, 6 of them were from the same ranch and had all come in together with an unusual neurological presentation.
11 of the family's 20 horses were taken on a trail ride and left in a dry lot pen with a bale of crappy hay afterwards while the family dealt with another problem. The horses ended up eating all the way down to the bottom of the bale of hay, including some plants they wouldn't normally eat. They were also given a normal dose of their normal dewormer.
A day or so later, those 11 horses were in some state of neurological distress. They were somewhere between ataxic ("walking drunk") and recumbent (unable to get up.) The owners ended up bringing in the 6 worst off horses. They got supportive care- fluids, nursing care, etc- and they got better!
It felt like such a miracle! We were so glad to see them all turn around and get better.
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