donkey with colic by vet Lina

Date

May 2012

Country

Syria

Location

Refuge name or

mobile clinic location

Stables in Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

Photos or video

Photos

Donkey/ horse/ mule/ camel

Donkey

Animal age and name (if has one)

6 years his name is Brown

Male/ female

Female

Work of animal (what does it do on a daily basis)

For training the students of 4^th and 5^th class in the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

Work hours (how long does it work for every day)

Working conditions (what is the environment like that it works in)

Owner’s name

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

Family details (e.g. do they have wife/ children?)

Area owner lives

How did owner get animal to SPANA?

Owner quote- what did they say about SPANA? What did they say about importance of animal?

The owner is always thanks to SPANA for the free continued work for treating the animals which help their owners in getting the income.

How long has owner worked with animals? 

Injury/ illness

Colic

Injury/ illness signs

Stop eating and drinking, lying down on the floor, twisting and turning, looking on the two sides during standing, beating the ground by his legs. 

Injury/ illness cause

The dirty straw, which is full of dust and small stones. In addition to, the change of weather, and the irregular feeding.

Treatment description

Mixed serum of( dextrose and sodium chloride) to compensate for the lack of electrolytes and salts – dose of flunine – 3 doses of vitamins for 3 days, the animal was given the warm solution of barley, and the green fodder if available.

Recovery time

3 days until the complete recovery

Advice given to animal owner by SPANA staff

Constantly monitor the elimination of the animal with the availability of permanent water.  control animal shelter in the event of change of weather.