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Discussion on Heaves..... or something else
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New Member:
Migas
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Posted on Tuesday, Nov 12, 2002 - 10:20 pm:
I just imported a 5 1/2 year old fresian gelding from the Netherlands. He arrived at our barn on Sunday after leaving the Newburgh quarantine center. After he arrived he did cough a few times.. Of a greater concern was that there appeared to be a heave line on either side of his rib cage when he coughed. Could this be anything else? Are there any tests we can do short of a vet check (which we plan to do) in order to be sure its heaves?
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DrO
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Posted on Wednesday, Nov 13, 2002 - 6:10 am:
I believe the heave line can be misleading and some horses just have prominent muscles along this ridge. After that much travel and association with new horses a cough and a upper respiratory track infection would not be unusual. For an asymptomatic horse a good physical and careful auscultation are your best tools but again this horse may have some low grade or lingering signs of a respiratory infection that may confuse the diagnosis for a while.
DrO
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