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Heidi Magnuson
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Username: Heidim

Post Number: 151
Registered: 1-2005
Posted on Monday, Oct 9, 2006 - 4:17 pm:   Edit PostPrint Post
We're considering buyihg a horse with allergies to oats and round bales. We feed square bales, but it makes me wonder what questions to ask to know if the content is right. Is the problem that there might be oat straw in the round bales? We feed hay with about 70% alfalfa. The rest is grass.
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Robert N. Oglesby DVM
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Post Number: 16824
Registered: 1-1997
Posted on Tuesday, Oct 10, 2006 - 6:58 am:   Edit PostPrint Post
The important questions are, "how does the allergy express itself?" and "how were the allergens diagnosed?".

If it is with respiratory disease, cough and dyspnea, I would say the horse is allergic to hay molds (which are more prevalent in round bales) and had a allergy test (skin or blood) done that misidentified oats as a cause of allergies. For more on this condition see the article on heaves in the respiratory disease topic.
DrO
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