https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/27408/equine-medicine-advice-required-please One of our horses, 17 yr welsh section d gelding. Kids beloved competition pony , slightly less energetic when ridden last week , on hay / haylage ad lib as no grass, kept in day out at night last few days to avoid constant mucking about with field matesen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/202913?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 21 Sep 2018 07:44:56 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:c32c89e3-e155-46da-ab81-5a537aa486f0rhmrcvs<p>Great , thank you.&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/202898?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 20 Sep 2018 14:54:56 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:9d5b272e-2522-4939-9603-cd967743938fWren<p>A PCV of 30% really wouldn&#39;t worry me - there&#39;s a lot of breed/individual variation. Was it an equine specific lab? Non equine-only labs can often give you slightly odd interpretations. The bottom end of the reference range on ours (I use Rainbow) is 32%, but they often recognise lower &#39;normals&#39; than that. If it were a client&#39;s horse I&#39;d tell them not to worry too much, repeat bloods in a fortnight or so, and I&#39;d almost always run an ACTH on a horse that age, especially this time of year and if they&#39;d been a bit quiet. Short term I usually recommend a couple of weeks on something like Haemoboost/Propell Plus/Red Cell, but often for the owner&#39;s benefit as much as the horse&#39;s!&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>