Anaphylaxis

[angus9259]

Anyone ever lose an animal during vaccination? I have a epi here but that's always my worst fear is that I lose an animal I'm attempting to help....

 

[inyati13]

No. I don't store epinephrine

 

[cowgirl8]

My husband use to work for a mobile vet. He told me one time they gave a horse a shot of something. It reared and fell over backwards dead...No time for epinephrine..
When i was getting my rabies shot, i had a scare...My throat closed up for a second.. Scared the doctor, i think he quit breathing for that second...lol....it was pretty scary.

 

[Lucky_P]

Never - knowingly, anyway - had a client's animal experience it, but I had one of my own that I'm certain died of anaphylaxis after receiving a polyvalent Clostridial bacterin 8-9 years ago. We used to work the calves & turn 'em right out the gate - this one ran over the hill, laid down and died. After that, I hold them in the barnlot for at least 20-30 minutes before I turn them out. Usually keep some epi on hand now, but have never had to use it.

cg8, that vet probably accidentally gave an intra-carotid injection. They always warned us about them when we were in school.. My wife (also a DVM) gave one one time - she stuck the horse, drew back... blood looked too bright to her... she looked to me for approval... I said, sure, go ahead! Pony flipped over backwards. Luckily it was our own pony and not a client animal... but i had to sit on her (the pony) head for a while until the convulsions stopped. Guess THAT taught her not to trust me...

 

[Aaron]

Yes. It's not fun watching them suffocate with nothing on hand to give them. Now I always have lots of epi in stock and will probably never need it. You have about 15, 20 minutes tops from the needle till they are dead.

 

[Koffi Babone]

No not personally, but have had some close calls...and not all due to vaccines.

First one was a dairy cow who received a shot of penicillin subsequent to surgery. Within 30 seconds, the hide broke out with hives, breathing became laboured and heart rate when up. Gave a shot of epinephrine and dexamethansone. Took about 15 to 20 minutes before everything came back to normal. Longest 15 minutes of my life.....This was noted in the cow's file and switched antibiotics to TMS.

Second case was a horse who did not like banamine IV. Don't know what went wrong. Temperature rose dramatically subsequent to the shot, breathing became laboured, heart rate increased. Gave only a dexamethone shot in this case, I did want to test my luck with epinephrine. It passed within 15-20 minutes. Again, I also was sweating bullets wondering what went wrong...

 

[TexasBred]

Have had quite a few have reactions but always keep epinephrine on hand anytime I'm giving injections of any kind. Never lost one yet.

 

[inyati13]

Never - knowingly, anyway - had a client's animal experience it, but I had one of my own that I'm certain died of anaphylaxis after receiving a polyvalent Clostridial bacterin 8-9 years ago. We used to work the calves & turn 'em right out the gate - this one ran over the hill, laid down and died. After that, I hold them in the barnlot for at least 20-30 minutes before I turn them out. Usually keep some epi on hand now, but have never had to use it.

cg8, that vet probably accidentally gave an intra-carotid injection. They always warned us about them when we were in school.. My wife (also a DVM) gave one one time - she stuck the horse, drew back... blood looked too bright to her... she looked to me for approval... I said, sure, go ahead! Pony flipped over backwards. Luckily it was our own pony and not a client animal... but i had to sit on her (the pony) head for a while until the convulsions stopped. Guess THAT taught her not to trust me...

:lol2:
I didn't think you had to sit on your wife's head.

 

[Anonymous]

:2cents: ohh give him a break hes serious ! bet she didnt like that ! :hide: :lol2:

 

[Lucky_P]

LOL, Ron.
No, I wouldn't sit on Dr. M's head.
The pony recovered uneventfully, and we subsequently completed the interrupted anesthetic and surgical protocol... and she lived on form many years.