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I always thought Pigeon fever was no big deal,just messy

till it happened to me,I had a mare in foal come dowm with

it while living at a boarding stable in San Jose. Yes it can

break out in several areas the first was chest mild,I thought

how luckey am I this was not bad,till a short time later she

broke out in belly,got deathly ill,vet was not sure she would

make it,and was sure she would lose the foal.Belly taps many

times a week,then shw was put on penicellin to try and prevent absess

from breaking inside as that would cause her death,she had shots around

the clock forever,the poor thing was pin cushion,we could go no whereit seemed for months

because of her needed shots,belly taps ect. But both she and foal survived.

We named foal Kashoggi,after a Jordanian gunrunner who was reported

to be riches man in the world,as bringing him into the world he hadalready cost

about 3000.00 dollars. But both he and his mom turned out to be

great Endurance horses.

 

Dolly DeCair