Date
|
May 2012 |
Country |
Syria |
Location
Refuge name or
mobile clinic location |
2nd mobile clinic in
Damascus' suburbs |
Photos or video |
Photos |
ANIMAL
Donkey/ horse/ mule/ camel
|
Horse |
Animal age and name (if has one) |
9 years, named Qastana'ai, (means maroon in English) |
Male/ female
|
Male |
Work of animal (what does it do on a daily basis)
|
Pulls a cart for his owner who sell diesel. |
Work hours (how long does it work for every day)
|
Works about 12 hours daily. |
Working conditions (what is the environment like that it works in) |
He rarely gets a rest, he's fed barley and straw. |
OWNER
Owner’s name
|
Salim Alabdullah |
Family details (e.g. do they have wife/ children?)
|
Wife, 4 children |
Area owner lives
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(dahadil) in Suburbs of Damascus |
How did owner get animal to SPANA?
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Through the rounds of the mobile clinic in the area |
Owner quote- what did they say about SPANA? What did they say about importance of animal?
|
"Very thank to SPANA team and all who works in this project" |
How long has owner worked with animals? |
Owner has driven a cart horse for more than 5 years |
These are all of the questions for the owner- you can complete the rest of the form without them.
INJURY/ ILLNESS
Injury/ illness
|
Burns in all his body |
Injury/ illness signs
|
Peeling off the skin of the back legs, and edema and inflammatory infiltrations due to the burns between the two thighs.
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Injury/ illness cause
|
The horse was bound inside the stable, when the stable was burning, because someone threw a flaming cigarette filter in it.
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Treatment description |
Maroon was given dose of pain killer, the burns were cleaned, and were anointed with zinc oxide , the horse was given antibiotics and anti edema. In addition to, the animal was given dose of antitetanus.
The treatment continued with the spray of alamycine until the complete recovery.
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Recovery time
|
The treatment continued daily for about a month until the recovery. |
Advice given to animal owner by SPANA staff
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The owner had been advised to clean the stables and disposal the waste regularly.
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ANY OTHER INFORMATION
Email story form details and images/ video to: Katie@spana.org. Or post to SPANA Head Office.
Vet ass. AbdulAziz Dehne |