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rebeccab
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Posted on Thursday, Oct 18, 2007 - 4:44 pm:
I have a 15 year old mare with a 7-month case of labored breathing. The labored breathing seems to be triggered by humidity.
My vet looked at her and diagnosed allergies...I have her on Tri-hist regularly, and Dexamethizone(sp?) during labored breathing episodes. She coughs occasionally during exercise. When she is having a breathing episode, I can hear her gasping as she inhales. Her heavy breathing is obvious, as her sides inflate and deflate rapidly. (This is the only way i can describe it). I had the vet check her again 1 month ago, and he said the same thing...allergies. I have owned this mare since last December. From December to March, I did not notice heavy breathing. In March, she had her spring shots, and the labored breathing started. My guess was this was a reaction to the the strangles shot. Could the reaction go on for 7 months? We tried watering her hay all summer. It did not make a difference. She is outside from 7am until 3pm everyday, weather permitting.
Please offer any advice. Thanks.
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DrO
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Posted on Friday, Oct 19, 2007 - 6:29 am:
Hello Rebecca,
Rather than placing your post at the bottom of Kim's post, you should "Start a New Discussion" to post your problem. You will receive quicker and more responses that way. This is a good topic for your post so using the navigation bar at the top of this page click on Heaves & Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. This will take you to the Heaves topic page. First you should study the article your post already indicates you can improve management, ie the watered hay. Then if there are still some things you don't understand post them in a new discussion. You will find under the article a list of previous discussions and at the bottom of that list, a Start New Discussion button. For more on this see Help & Information ยป Posting Guidelines or where did my post go?.
DrO
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rebeccab
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Posted on Friday, Oct 19, 2007 - 7:02 am:
Sorry...will do thanks.
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