Half-Arabian's question about Endometritis

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I submitted a question a couple of weeks ago, but forgot where I had submitted it to (this website.) Is there any way to retrieve the answer now? I guess I’ll just re-submit it.
I have a mare who had her ovary removed laparoscopicly two years ago due to an ovarian tumor. 45 days after surgery she produced a follicle and was able to get in foal. She ended up with an ascending placentitis, but we treated her with Regumate and smz’s and she foaled uneventfully on day 340. About 7 months later we again noticed a vaginal discharge and a culture showed E. Coli. She was treated with intrauterine antibiotics and a cast lick. She has gone back to work, but she is bucking at the canter, especially to the right, and we can’t keep weight on her. We did a complete soundness check, but it was negative except for minor soreness in her SI joint. Tried an injection of medroxyprogesterone with minimal improvement. We are now treating her for possible ulcers with ranitidine and omeprazol. She shows her worst behavior in the show ring.Her ground manners are perfect, you can clip, groom, palpate, ultrasound, and breed her without sedation. She’s always been a bit hot to ride, we bred her hoping to settle her down a bit, but she’s worse since foaling. When she behaves she’s a phenomenal show horse. I really hate to make her be just a broodmare when she should be hitting her prime in the show ring. Any other suggestions for us to try?

Accepted Answer

I tried to find your question on our website but I couldn’t find evidence of it, sorry about that. From reading your question, I really don’t know what to suggest since you’ve already gone through a soundness check and mild sacroiliac joint pain shouldn’t cause her to buck whilst at canter; at this point, I would be looking at recommending a Specialist to see her. Regards Dr Callum Turner DVM

Endometritis in Horses