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Re: [RC] [Guest] coughing horses - Ridecamp ModeratorRICMARC@xxxxxxx Hi Shanna, It sounds like a possible allergy: I do respiratory consulting and you may have a weed that comes out this time of year effecting your horse---back East at this time it is rag weed ----In the spring, hay mowing can cause it. Give your horse free access 24 hours a day---Do not store hay over his head-- In the East after the first frost most weeds die and we can see a difference in the breathing. What is bad about it if not managed, your horse will get progressively worse over the years? Has your horse ever had a virus? My horse had one at four years old. Nothing showed up until he was seven, than a little cough now and then. By ten the coughing was worse. He had hay stored over his head for years and the dust was seeping through the cracks. He was breathing it in all the time. By the time we realized he needed free access he was actively coughing. Management was the key---Changed his stall--- free access---cut all the weeds in the fall etc-etc. He continued to compete until he was nineteen years old--- Marcy =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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