SUMMARY:
The objective was to describe the therapeutic effect of autohemotherapy in horses through a retrospective study in Venezuela. 97 horses were studied in Venezuela during the years 2014-2017, of the races: Quarter horse, Crusader, Criollo, PSC, Pinto, Arab and Palomino, 54 males and 43 females, between 2-17 years. All horses under clinical examination showed muscular atrophies Omega Seamaster replica watches mainly in the apaxial and rump muscles, only 45% presented muscle atrophies associated with chronic laminitis, 18% presented protozoal infestations and the rest 37% due to claudication, all were treated by autohemotherapy and were evaluated at 21, 45 and 60 days.
The results obtained show to the clinical inspection an increase of the muscular mass where the treatment was applied (apaxial and rump muscles), and improvement in the physical condition with different times of evolution, the horses with slight muscular atrophy (27% ), presented an improvement in their condition after 20 days (average: 19.57), horses with moderate muscular atrophy (33%), showed a remarkable improvement after 42 days (average: 41.75) and finally in horses with severe muscular atrophy 40%, an improvement in condition was observed after 60 days (mean: 62.10) post-treatment.
In conclusion, the therapeutic effect of hemotherapy on muscle atrophies, parasitic infestations represents an important treatment strategy in horses, with a complete recovery of all the cases studied.
by DR. M.V CARLOS FEDERICO RODRíGUEZ, DR. M.V ESLAM AHMED ABDEL AZIZ DR. M.V JAIRO RIERA, DR. M.V ABELARDO MORALES, EMV HEMERSON CARBALLO
CABALLOSALUD, VARGAS STATE, VARGAS STATE-VENEZUELA.