Our vet had us give Shadow a ½ gram of bute 2x daily for 4
days, then 1Xdaily for another 4 days to keep down inflammation. He said damage
to muscles can be ongoing and testing the blood for levels of AST, LDH, and CPK
was recommended, and then retesting in a couple weeks would show if the damage
was continuing or not. Then it was another month for the third test which was
to determine if the levels of the above were back to normal so she could be put
back to work. Shadow was not allowed to return to her conditioning program
until all levels were back to normal. During the waiting time, we also started her
MSM and had her selenium checked, which was .187, well within the range of
normal for the average horse, but low for an endurance horse. So we added that
to her feed program as well.
I sure wouldn’t plan on doing a 25 or 30 mile ride
anytime soon.
