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Murrer72

Posted on Sunday, Jan 14, 2007 - 1:45 pm:

I have two horses in my barn who are both positive for lymes. I am waiting for the results on my mare who is due to foal in mid May. Since two are already positive and since they are all in the same pasture I am assuming my pregnant mare will be positive as well. My question is can she be put on a 30 day regimine of doxy, will the lymes be transmitted to the foal and will the doxy be safe for the foal? I sure would appreciate any advice my vet is not sure as to how she should proceed if this mare is positive for lymes disease. Thankyou
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DrO

Posted on Monday, Jan 15, 2007 - 6:17 am:

Welcome Denise,
you don't indicate your horses are sick and if not, why treat them? You have to remember titers' do not equate with infection. I want you to back up one page (use the navigation bar at the top of this frame and select the first Lyme Disease) and read all the posts on this disease. If you then have questions you should start a new discussion, using the link at the bottom of the list of discussions.

We do have articles on Doxycycline also in the Medication/Antibiotic sections of the site.
DrO
Member:
Boomer

Posted on Tuesday, Jan 16, 2007 - 2:30 pm:

Denise, please let us know the outcome, I for one am interested. Thanks for sharing, welcome it's wonderful that you have joined us..
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Mrose

Posted on Tuesday, Jan 16, 2007 - 5:26 pm:

Edward (Kim)- I just wanted to comment on the human lymes. One of my closest friends was misdiagnosed as having MS, and after further testing it turned out to be Lymes. When left untreated it can mimic MS and make it very hard to diagnose. The one thing that helped her a lot was hyperbaric chamber treatment. It might be something your cousin would want to look into. It's my understanding that one of the top Lymes doctors in the country is there on L.I. My friend has flown out to see him several times.
Member:
Imogen

Posted on Wednesday, Jan 17, 2007 - 3:17 am:

Sara, not disagreeing with you but there are an awful lot of false positive tests for Lyme in humans and great disagreement about diagnosis, suitable tests, symptoms, treatment for late stage disease. Just in case people are thinking after looking it up "I must have that!" - it is a very confusing area best left to neurologists.

All the best

Imogen
Member:
Mrose

Posted on Wednesday, Jan 17, 2007 - 10:13 am:

Imogen, I totally agree. Lymes mimics so many other deseases, the symptoms are those of many other conditions,and not everyone has all or the same symptoms. One question I've had about the desease is why didn't we get this desease years ago? I lived back east as a child and can remember the dogs, horses and I all having lots of ticks(yuck!) They were always removed and the bites treated with alchohol or something, but I never heard of anyone, or any animal getting Lymes. The only thing I ever heard about was Rocky Mtn. Tick Fever. Is that the same thing? Is Lymes a relatively new desease?
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