2017 ACVIM Forum Research Abstract Program

No complications were observed with catheter placement or data collection in this study and in summary, this study reports central venous and arterial blood parameters associated with global oxygenation in healthy foals to establish baseline values at different time points within the neonatal period. These parameters, many utilized in human critical care, might allow better hemodynamic monitoring in critically ill foals. The forthcoming objective is to compare similar global oxygen parameters from critically ill foals, with the hope of improving patient monitoring, therapy and prognostication in equine neonatal sepsis and septic shock. Dipyrone has well-described anti-pyretic effects. This study evaluated the effectiveness of dipyrone administered intravenously to control fever in horses compared to placebo.