Dear Sue
My horse had a cough for 12 months. Many thousands of dollars and a
long story later the vets more or less wrote him off and stated "use him
while you can - it won't be for long". Several things didn't add up so
I decided to check into other things. He was working at a lower heart
rate than my very fit mare but still coughing.
To cut a long story short, I had a saliva test done on him. This test
showed seven different chemicals which had been retained in his system,
several of which affected the respiratory system. I was sent antedotes
for the chemicals. Since then, he has done two 80klm rides and
performed really well in each of them. I am now waiting the results of
a re-test.
Anne