Moldy sweetclover poisoning in a horse.
A six year old Percheron mare was presented with a history of spontaneous unilateral epistaxis of 24 hours duration. The blood one stage prothrombin and partial thromboplastin times were markedly prolonged. A diagnosis of moldy sweetclover poisoning was made on the basis of the history and clinical and laboratory findings. A single whole blood transfusion and four daily intravenous injections of vitamin K(3) proved to be a successful treatment.
D000818:Animals; D001728:Dicumarol / Q000009:adverse effects; D004844:Epistaxis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D006736:Horses; D010939:Plant Poisoning / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D014812:Vitamin K / Q000627:therapeutic use
D014812:Vitamin K; D001728:Dicumarol