>>the vet said Bo has > an infection in his muscular system. Results of the >>blood testing > showed a very high white cell count. Please note that we >>couldn't see > any bites/cuts/wounds on Bo. The vet prescribed an antibiotic >>> (Tucoprin) and bute for the pain.
Connie, don't wait until you finish all the medicine to get some professional help, I live in the east and I have New Bolten above me and Leesburg west of me, and anytime I am dealing with an unknown, it is financially and supportively more important to get that horse to a center with immunologists and hemotologists available to colaborate on what is wrong and the best way to treat the horse. I have had horses that board at my place that had allergies that progressed into heaves or horse COPD and another that lost vision in an eye over the coarse of a month, that were treated at my barn my limited resources and these things might not have progressed to those levels had I insisted on going to a medical center to assess the animal with specialists, especially in one as yourg as yours. Get a team of equine vets to evaluate the horse and take all of the info you already have, blood work and xrays with you, they will speed up your delivery of care. And most importantly, good luck to you. Jeannette
