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Case Study – Face Injury                                        
      

“Castaway Robin”
14 y/o APHA Mare
15.2 HH
1000 lbs. approximately
Primary use: as a trail horse and brood mare                                                            
                                                                                                                                When It Happened     3 Days Later

NitrOxide, NutraWound & GastroPLUS

“Robin” was found in her stall with what looked like a hoof print around her eye that resulted in an indentation below and in front of her eye. She had blood dripping out of her nose and the eye was weeping.

She was taken to Desert Pines Equine Center for x-rays.  During sedation, the tear duct was irrigated (no blockage), and the eye was thoroughly examined.  Because of the location, it was hard to determine if there was a break when looking at the x-rays.  A quarter inch ulcer was detected on the eye. 

The vet prescribed the following:
Administer triple antibiotic ophthalmic ointment to the left eye every 2-4 hours.
Administer 1 gram of Bute every 12 hours for 4-5 days, and then decrease to 1 gram every 24 hours for another 3-4 days. For the inflammation and swelling in the head.
Administer 15 tablets of trimethoprim/sulfa every 12 hours for the next 8 days.

Knowing the power of the Nitric Oxide products we substituted NutraWound for the Bute and there was not ANY swelling, we were amazed!  We also decreased the antibiotics by half because the Nitric Oxide increases the strength of anything else you give the horse.  After 3 days, the weeping stopped, she showed no indications of pain, and ate everything she could find.  Aside from a little dent in her head her sight, appetite and personality back to normal.