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> 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 :))

Pigeon fever is also called dryland distemper 
(http://www.bloodhorse.com/viewstory_plain.asp?id=12800).  It's 
endemic to coastal California (in fact, my vet is predicting a bad 
year this year since he is already treating several cases and 
generally it doesan't show up until the Fall).  About all you can do 
is keep good sanitation, keep the fly population down and keep your 
horses otherwise healthy.  In 20 years of having 5-10 horses on my 
five acres I have had six cases -- two of those a mare that got it 
two different years.
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Lynn Kinsky, Santa Ynez, CA
http://www.silcom.com/~lkinsky/

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