RACING PERFORMANCE RECOVERY OF A HORSE SUBMITTED TO ARYTENOIDECTOMY AND VENTRICULECTOMY FOR THE TREATMENT OF RIGHT LARYNGEAL HEMIPLEGIA NOT RESPONSIVE TO LARYNGOPLASTY – CASE REPORT / Retorno à função esportiva de um cavalo submetido à aritenoidectomia...
Abstract:SUMMARYAn 11 year-old Quarter Horse stallion, a participant of three barrel racings, was admitted for clinical evaluation because of inspiratory noises. The wheezing had begun 20 days earlier and the animal was treated with meloxican, dexamethasone and sodium ceftiofur. Respiratory endoscopy revealed grade IV right and grade II left laryngeal hemiplegia, arytenoid chondritis and rostral displacement of the cricopharyngeal arch. Eight days after endoscopy, the horse received an emergency tracheostomy because it… Show more
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