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Discussion on Tracheal Infection
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mdelton
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Posted on Wednesday, Apr 8, 2015 - 1:44 pm:
My friend just had a horse vetted and they did an endoscopic exam checking for ulcers. When the started, they discovered that the horse had an infection of the cartilage in the trachea. I believe the infection was of one or both arytenoids if I understand this correctly.
I read through the articles on Laryngeal Hemiplegia and didn't see anything addressing an infection vs paralysis. They told the owner to treat the horse with TMZ's for 3 weeks and come back for another endoscopy to see if the infection is gone.
My question is, how common is this and are there examples of successful treatment so that surgery is not necessary? This horse is a dressage horse and in constant work (lower level movements) has never shown any sign of coughing or "roaring".
TIA
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DrO
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Posted on Friday, Apr 10, 2015 - 6:56 pm:
Hello MDelton,
Upper respiratory infections are fairly common, the fact this was found incidentally is a bit odd. With an infection you would expect other symptoms.
DrO
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