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vavixon

Posted on Thursday, Jan 26, 2012 - 9:17 pm:

I have a teenaged 3/4 TB 1/4 Clyd cross mare that I use as my fox hunting mount. Although the area we live in is always hot and humid in the summer, the months of July and August were just brutal here in the Mid Atlantic last year.
She quite honestly quit sweating one day the beginning of August. Like fine one day and distressed with labored respirations and elevated body temps the next. I have always kept her inside under fans during the day with night turnout all the summers I have owned her with no previous problems. I was fortunate to have found the article here and put into place all the management that was suggested.My own vet was not very helpful or encouraging. She stopped sweating for three weeks and I'm not sure if she started again because of those suggestions or because the night temps eventually fell into the '70s!
At any rate we have enjoyed a wonderful season hunting since September with no further problems but I just wondered if anyone here has experienced this as a one time event or if there is anything I can do before the heat returns to prevent a recurrence.
I'm glad to be here and welcome any input!
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DrO

Posted on Friday, Jan 27, 2012 - 7:09 pm:

Welcome Audrey,
I am assuming you have read the article HorseAdvice.com » Diseases of Horses » Lameness » Weakness, Exhaustion & Overheating » AnhiDrOsis & Deficient Sweating though you did not post in that discussion area. The article addresses your concerns directly.

Let me expand a bit on the nature of the onset of AnhiDrOsis. It almost always begins just as you have experienced: seen when conditions are at there worse only to resolve with cooler temps and less humid conditions. However with continued exposure to bad conditions you will see the condition worsen and your horse become increasingly sensitive to hot and humid conditions. The only way to prevent worsening is to protect your horse from severe conditions. I know you want to know "how severe" but this is an individual thing so how severe is a trial and error experiment. Reviewing last years conditions that led to the first bout of AnhiDrOsis will clearly tell you what is over the line.
DrO
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