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RE: [RC] [RC] Pigeon Fever What is it? - Susan E. GarlinghouseCorynebacterium pseudotuberculosis, spread by flies from contaminated premises. Once it's in the soil of premises, pretty much impossible to eradicate, so new flies pick it up and spread it further. There's no real way to "prevent" it, except good hygiene around the barn and if a horse does have it, he should be quarantined to one area easily disinfected (ie, a stall with rubber mats as opposed to the general pasture). When the abscess is lanced, catch the drippings into a bucket and dispose of down the drain, not just into the manure pile. Colorado has a lot of pigeon fever---we never just waited for an abscess to burst on its own, especially in dairy cattle where it affects ongoing milk production. If we thought reasonably sure it was abscess versus hematoma or seroma or other lump, we aspirated a bit of fluid from the bump to verify the contents, then lanced it, opened it up wide and flushed it with dilute betadine until it was clean. Infusing the cavity with Cefa-Lak intramammary antibiotic ointment was also helpful, but we rarely put the horse onto systemic antibiotics. Usually just some bute for a day or so. If I had a horse with abscesses that large and painful in his inguinal area, I'd sedate him and lance/flush them in a heartbeat. JME, Susan Garlinghouse, DVM -----Original Message----- From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Christina McCarthy Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 3:37 AM To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [RC] [RC] Pigeon Fever What is it? Just curious, what exactly is pigeon fever and is there any way to prevent it? Sounds very painful and very gross! Chris & JJ(who doesn't want to get it at all :)) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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