• Journal of Veterinary Clinics
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.243-246
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• 2002

An acute colic in a 6-month-old Thoroughbred filly is described. The filly was presented with acute colic haracterized by rolling and pawing. Over a period of days she suffered from severe abdominal pain and subsequently died. ost mortem examination revealed the ileocecal intrssusception as a part invagination of the ileum into the cecum. It seems ogical to assume that the invagination occurred at the start of the illness. In addition, it is also noted the presence of Parascaris quorum in the stomach.

• Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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• v.42 no.3
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• pp.425-428
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• 2002

A chronic wasting disease in a 10-month-old Thoroughbred filly is described. The filly presented with chronic colic, which was charactered by progressive loss of weight. Over a period of a couple of days the filly suffered from serious colic and subsequently. Post-mortem examination revealed the cecocolic intussusception as a total invagination of the cecum into the right ventral colon. It seems logical to assume this invagination occurred at the start of the illness. In addition, there were also Anoplocephalar perfoliata in the cecum and the right ventral colon.

• Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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• v.44 no.4
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• pp.637-641
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• 2004

A variety of enteric deseases may result in the manifestation of abdominal pain in horse. An acute colic in a 5-month-old Thoroughbred filly is described. The filly was presented with acute colic characterized by rolling and pawing. Next day she suffered from severe abdominal pain and subsequently died. Post mortem examination revealed very heavy ascarid, Parascaris equorum (P. equrum) infection in cmall intestine. In addition, it is also noted the presence of P. equorum in the stomach. Infection due to P. equorummanifests itself in foals between 6-8weeks and one year of age. P. equorum is a common and ubiquitous parasite that persists for many years in stables and on pasture in spite of good hygiene and anthelmintic control programs.

• Journal of Veterinary Clinics
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• v.31 no.2
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• pp.159-162
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• 2014

A 4-month-old female thoroughbred foal was presented with large mass on mandibular gingiva. The enlarged mass was firm and yellowish pink in color, and occupied the whole mandibular arcade. The filly could not close her mouth with her lips. Radiographs showed radioopaque mass under the mandible. The mass was surgically excised from mandible. Histopathologically, gingival mass was characterized by hyperplastic gingival epithelium, well vascularized collagenous stroma and large area of bony tissues. Based on the gross and histopathologic findings, this case was diagnosed as ossifying epulis in the mandibular gingiva. This is the first report of ossifying epulis in a thoroughbred horse in Korea.

• Journal of Practical Agriculture & Fisheries Research
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.71-76
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• 2019

There have been no reports on the laboratory screening of congenital torticollis in equine medicine. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the blood chemistry of a newborn female foal with congenital torticollis. The filly was born after a normal parturition period, and the clinical pathology results were as follows: biochemistry of the plasma showed significantly higher levels of CK, LDH, and Na than those in a normal foal. However, Cl level was remarkably lower than that of the control. In conclusion, the cells in the neck muscles influenced the clinical pathological value in the neonate. A disorder of the muscles as well as the bone problem, such as the cervical vertebrae, may have caused congenital torticollis. To our knowledge, this is the first report detailing the clinical pathology results in a newborn foal with torticollis. These laboratory results can be used as a reference for interpretation of pathology results in foals.

• Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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• v.46 no.1
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• pp.43-46
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• 2006

A 6-month-old thoroughbred filly foal had torticollis and circled towards the right side. A local veterinarian treated her twice using dexamethasone for 1 week but there was little clinical improvement. Needles were inserted into Ting points of both hind limb and one ocular acupoint (shang jiao area from GB01). Injection acupuncture (dexamethasone, twice/week) was used at GV16, GB20, BL10 and LU07, for the neck and head. Acupoint GB34 was added to those points at session 4. In addition, a trigger point in the left neck was injected with 0.2 ml ($200{\mu}g$ of apitoxin) of bee-venom diluted with 1 ml of 2% lidocaine from session 1 to session 3. At session 2, the symptoms had ameliorated a little. At session 3, they were much improved; the right ear was completely normal and the neck could be moved about 60% of normal range. At session 4, nodding was possible and stiffness of the neck was much improved, having returned to about 80% of normal range. Three days after session 4, the symptom of torticollis had disappeared completely and the foal could walk in a straight line. In conclusion, the present patient was a case with equine torticollis which showed favourable therapeutic response by combination of needle-acupuncture plus injection-acupuncture with dexamethasone and apitoxin.