Management of blind horses

Dwyer, Ann E.

doi:10.1002/9781119047919.ch17

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“…The pony relied heavily on increased use of his remaining senses: hearing, touch, smell and taste. This report confirms that horses (Dwyer 2016), like other species, can adapt to a progressive decrease in their visual capacities. Cats with progressive retinal atrophy (PRA) learn to adapt to their decreased visual function by using their other well-developed senses, so that the visual impairment is difficult for cat owners to recognise (Menotti-Raymond et al 2010).…”

Section: Adapting Living Conditions To the Pony's Impaired Vision To Guarantee His Welfaresupporting

confidence: 87%

“…Adapting living conditions to the pony's decreasing visual capacities and meeting his behavioural needs therefore helped ensure his welfare. However, before the pony became completely blind, the owner had decided to give him a smaller paddock with hay and water, and one calm, carefully chosen social partner to live with, with a predictable daily routine (see below) as recommended (Dwyer 2016).…”

Section: Adapting Living Conditions To the Pony's Impaired Vision To Guarantee His Welfarementioning

confidence: 99%

“…In this context, the owner took into account the pony's perceptive capacities (sensory abilities, i.e. here decreased visual capacities) and his temperament during human-animal interactions to adjust to them (Dwyer 2016). Emotions arise according to how an individual perceives an event rather than the event itself (Boissy et al 2007).…”

Section: Promoting Positive Emotions During Interventions On the Ponymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Welfare and management of decreased visual capacities and pain in a pony suffering from equine recurrent uveitis: A clinical case

Roches

Peyrecave‐Capo

Ferrer

et al. 2020

Equine Veterinary Education

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This clinical case describes a 14-year-old Gypsy Cob gelding presented for suspected impaired vision. Given the apparently insidious presentation, bilateral equine recurrent uveitis (ERU) was strongly suspected. ERU management was addressed both clinically and from a welfare point of view. Treatment using ointment was preferred to eye drops to reduce the frequency of administration. Clicker training was used to facilitate treatment administration by eliciting positive emotions. In response to the progressive bilateral blindness, social and physical environments and new relational practices were adapted to reduce stress on the pony by increasing predictability and controllability of his situation. This case is to our knowledge the first to include detailed welfare management strategies as a part of a more comprehensive medical approach to ERU. † A. de Boyer des Roches and X. Peyrecave-Capo are equally contributing authors (co-first authors).

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Section: Adapting Living Conditions To the Pony's Impaired Vision To Guarantee His Welfaresupporting

confidence: 87%

Section: Adapting Living Conditions To the Pony's Impaired Vision To Guarantee His Welfarementioning

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Welfare and management of decreased visual capacities and pain in a pony suffering from equine recurrent uveitis: A clinical case

Roches

Peyrecave‐Capo

Ferrer

et al. 2020

Equine Veterinary Education

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“…Owners of horses that have an eye enucleated should be encouraged by a recent study reporting good prognosis in general for return to work and good client satisfaction for unilateral cases 28 . Bilateral cases that do not respond to treatment may require euthanasia, however bilateral enucleation can be considered on a case‐by‐case basis 29 . One horse in this study had both eyes enucleated.…”

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Equine uveitis in the UK: a retrospective study (2008–2018)

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BackgroundUveitis appears to be less prevalent in the UK compared with other parts of the world and studies characterising the disease in the UK are lacking. The objectives of this retrospective study were to describe acute and recurrent cases presenting for management of uveitis in a referral hospital on the North West of England and compare the signalment of horses presenting with uveitis with the equine hospital population during the same period.MethodsMedical records of horses presented to the referral Equine Hospital, University of Liverpool with signs of uveitis between 2008 and 2018 were reviewed and clinical details extracted.ResultsSeventy horses presented with uveitis; 33 were classified as acute and 37 as recurrent cases. Sixteen of the horses were affected bilaterally. More bilateral cases were classified as recurrent than acute (P=0.04). No differences in age or sex were noted between acute and recurrent cases, or between cases and the general hospital population. Warmbloods and Appaloosas were over-represented when compared with the general hospital population (P<0.001). Twenty-one horses (30 per cent, 95 per cent CI 20.5 to 41.4) underwent surgery for the control of the uveitis. Fourteen of the 70 horses (20.0 per cent, 95 per cent CI 12.3 to 30.8) underwent enucleation.ConclusionWhile relatively uncommon in the UK, uveitis can affect horses from a relatively young age. The disease appears to have a relatively higher frequency than expected in Warmbloods and Appaloosas. It is more likely that a recurrent case will have both eyes affected.

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“…Blind horses or horses with a narrowed visual field can show great anxiety and fear, which can result in their elimination from use as saddle horses. Additionally, such animals require daily specialist care, which may involve additional work (24).…”

Section: Eye Diseases and Conditionsmentioning

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Health problems in geriatric horses

Ratz¹,

Kaczmarek²,

Wnuk–Pawlak³

et al. 2021

Medycyna Weterynaryjna

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Geriatric horses, like other animals (and humans), suffer from various diseases called old-age diseases. This publication has been developed in response to the needs of owners and caretakers of a growing number of geriatric horses. Since the horse has a long life span, the geriatric stage can encompass up to 1/3 of the animal’s lifetime and can quite often last more than 10 years. This paper aims at systematizing the information of the most prevalent geriatric diseases in horses which inhibit their performance and considerably lower their quality of life. Knowledge of these diseases can help to avoid mistakes when keeping and managing such horses and may provide guidelines for maintaining welfare and preventive treatments. This article reviews the most prevalent old age health problems, their origin, diagnostics, course and effects for the body. Information about the most common diseases of old age in horses is found in 119 references. The nine sub-chapters include the diseases of the digestive system, especially the oral cavity, the stomach and bowels’ diseases, the respiratory system, the cardiovascular system, dysfunctions of the locomotor system, eye diseases, endocrine and neuroendocrine diseases as well as the immune system, neoplasms and general body condition. It should be emphasized that there is the possibility to maintain the well-being of geriatric horses through progress in veterinary medicine and sharing knowledge of equine functioning and health protection. Preventive health care should include regular blood testing, regular dental check-ups and adequate nutrition adapted to the overall condition, dental condition, physical activity and comorbidities. Adequate individual supplementation recommended by a nutrition specialist and a veterinarian is also essential.

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Management of blind horses

Cited by 5 publications

References 20 publications

Welfare and management of decreased visual capacities and pain in a pony suffering from equine recurrent uveitis: A clinical case

Welfare and management of decreased visual capacities and pain in a pony suffering from equine recurrent uveitis: A clinical case

Equine uveitis in the UK: a retrospective study (2008–2018)

Health problems in geriatric horses

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