Ridecamp: RE: [RC] was: REACTION TO VACCINE? now: strangles

--- Mike Sofen <msofen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> If it IS strangles, you must control the fever/temp.

Hopefully one of the vets will respond here.  But,
actually, leaving strangles alone -- or at most
lancing the abscesses -- is debatably the best
treatment.  The use of antibiotics or attempts to
lower the fever can possibly cause the abscesses to
internalize.  That can change it from an unpleasant,
but usually harmless disease, to one that can kill...
Of course, this is all highly debatable and everyone
has their own opinions on how to treat strangles.

>From my own experience (moved to a new place and every
horse came down with it), horses left untreated all
recovered pretty quickly after various degrees of
symptoms.  The one horse that was treated at the onset
of symptoms (older mare with foal at side) ended up in
the hospital from "colic" and advancement of her
previously-existing founder (she did recover).  Purely
anecdotal, but enough to convince me which way to go
in the future.

~Nicole

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