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Discussion on Noisy Breathing Broodmare
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Member:
indigo
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Posted on Saturday, Sep 20, 2008 - 7:21 pm:
Hello Dr. O,
I have a broodmare that I purchased earlier in the year that makes noise both at rest and exercising. I first noticed it when I got her home and she was eating, it almost sounded like a snoring sound or mild congestion, but once she quit eating it went away and she had no nasal discharge or any other symptoms. She continued to do it while eating or if something startled her, but at no other time. A few months ago I noticed that the noise had increased, had gotten somewhat louder and I also noticed that she was now doing it when grazing and when exercising, and she also had an intermittent discharge. Had her scoped and she had a guttural pouch infection. Treated her for that, and the discharge went away but the noises continued, and actually seems to have gotten worse. Had her re-scoped but my vet couldn't find any problems and chalked it up to her having a long palate, but I am concerned there is something else going on. Any clue what this might be? Could it just be an elongated palate as my vet said? I've read the article on respiratory noise, but don't see any thing that really fits the scenario with this mare. I have never once heard her cough, she just makes the snoring noise when she eats, runs, grazes etc.
THANKS!
CC
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DrO
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Posted on Sunday, Sep 21, 2008 - 9:25 am:
Hello CC,
It could be as simple as soft palate entrapment but there is nothing in your post that helps us precisely diagnose this: did the veterinarian see the soft palate displaced?
Diseases readily visible on scoping can be ruled out but that still leaves a long list of functional problems that may not be apparent on a simple scoping. If questions remain the next step to a diagnosis would be scoping while on a tread mill so the dysfunction would be visualized.
DrO
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Member:
ekaufman
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Posted on Sunday, Sep 21, 2008 - 8:31 pm:
Hi CC,
Is her respiration rate normal when she makes this sound, or is it elevated? What is her heart rate when it happens?
(I ask only because a boarder's aged broodmare got noisy breathing recently, and when I checked respiration and heart rate, I discovered that they were inverted (resting respiration of 50/heart rate of 40), so now we are on the hunt for something potentially serious.)
Good luck with her, and let us know what you find.
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