Discussion on Suspect Odor from Mouth
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Alicia Kost
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Username: aannk
Post Number: 729
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Friday, May 18, 2007 - 10:45 am: |   |
I just saw my mare for the first time in a few months yesterday after she had been away for embryo transfer.
I noticed a smell like rotten meat, but figured there was no way it could have been coming from her. I now wonder if that smell could have been coming from her mouth? She is not eating well at all and has lost a lot of weight. I figured it was because she had not been allowed to be turned out with other horses while at the breeding facility (she runs the fence when she is alone). Now, I am worried she may have something going on in her mouth. I am trying to find the number of our dentist as both mine need done anyway, but in the mean time, what can I do to figure out what is going on? I can't imagine she will stand there and let me poke around her mouth, even if there isn't any problem in there. I have a flashlight ready.
Is the smell I described what the odor in the article mentions?
Alicia |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM
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Username: dro
Post Number: 18493
Registered: 1-1997
| | Posted on Saturday, May 19, 2007 - 7:57 am: | |
Alicia, the smell of rotting trapped food and/or infected tissue in the mouth can be very bad. And while some might compare it to rotting meat whether this is what you smelled is hard for me to say.
DrO |
