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Kim Buschlen (Kbuschle)
| | Posted on Tuesday, Feb 20, 2001 - 2:56 pm: |   |
Hello -
I have a 14yo mare who has been diagnosed with asthma. She responds well to the medication. My question is with medication how rideable will she be? Will there be special considerations for using her. I am afraid I have no experience with this and I could not find another posting or article about it. Thanks in advance! |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM (Dro)
| | Posted on Wednesday, Feb 21, 2001 - 8:23 am: | |
Kim,
I am not sure what you mean by asthma, it really is not a frequently used term in horses. Can you better define the problem. Usually when people say asthma in horses they are talking about COPD. You might review the article in Equine Diseases: Respiratory System: COPD on this condition.
DrO |
Kim Buschlen (Kbuschle)
| | Posted on Thursday, Feb 22, 2001 - 10:23 am: | |
Dr. O.
Thanks for getting back to me so soon. It was heaves. There was no coughing at all just labored breathing. The vet said down here, in Houston, she mainly see's pasture heaves. It is starting to warm up now, and everything is in bloom. It was 80 yesterday. She had a spell last summer and was on steroids for 3 days and then was fine. She started labored breathing 2 days ago, was put on steroids and died yesterday.
Kim |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM (Dro)
| | Posted on Thursday, Feb 22, 2001 - 11:28 am: | |
Kim,
I don't think this was typical heaves: I have seen horses that came with a history of labored breathing for months. Nor have I ever seen a horse die of heaves, though I have put down two for humane reasons, did you have a necropsy done?
DrO |
Kim Buschlen (Kbuschle)
| | Posted on Thursday, Feb 22, 2001 - 1:37 pm: | |
Dr. O
No, we just had the body disposed of. The vet seemed to think that she was getting better yesterday. We were going to move her to Texas A&M and then she showed some improvement, so we decided to wait. When I left she was laying down sleeping. She died during the night. I did not think the labored breathing was from the heaves. At the beginning of January she came down with virus. The vet said they did a culture and it was a staff infection. It looked like strangles to me, she had the abscesses under her jaw. She was recovering from that and then she got kicked in the chest about 1 & 1/2 weeks ago. Then that became infected and had to be lanced. When they were exercising her she fell. Then 2 days ago she started the labored breathing. With her history of heaves and the weather they thought it was a reoccurrence. I thought it was from the kick. The vet said her lungs were clear. Next time I will move them to A&M instead of waiting, but I did not think she would survive the 90 minute drive.
Kim |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM (Dro)
| | Posted on Friday, Feb 23, 2001 - 6:23 am: | |
I see, it was a complicated history and looks like there may be several possibilities. My deepest condolences Kim.
DrO |
REBECCA BALLARD
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Username: rebeccab
Post Number: 5
Registered: 9-2006
| | 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. |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM
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Username: dro
Post Number: 19384
Registered: 1-1997
| | 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 |
REBECCA BALLARD
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Username: rebeccab
Post Number: 7
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Friday, Oct 19, 2007 - 7:02 am: | |
Sorry...will do thanks. |
