ridecamp@endurance.net: Re: Dryland Distemper

Re: Dryland Distemper

Sullys Maze (Sully@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU)
Fri, 17 Oct 97 07:56:12 PDT

REPLY TO 10/17/97 07:40 FROM ridecamp@endurance.net: Dryland Distemper

Has anyone else had experiences with dryland? The experts really don't know
too much about it. It seems to hit horses randomly (at least no one I know
can find a pattern). Anyway, we're trying learn as much as possible so that
we can effectively treat these guys. Right now, its with antibiotics but my
friend is going to try some homeopathic remedies.

All and any info would be appreciated! Thanks.

Carol Barrett
Tehachapi, CA

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Our pony and my former big mare had it several years ago, when it
went around the county.  The poor pony had it on the edge of uer
udder, the big mare at the girth line.  Local vets reccomend
AGAINST antibiotice.  Reason is when you feel the lump, you WANT
it to abcess as soon as possible.  On the big mare, I put hot
compressed over the abcess to encourage it to come to a head.  If
you inhibit the progression of the abcess with antibiotics, you run
the risk of it rupturing internally.  This happened to a horse
down the road, and it almost died, hence the warning from the vets.
Both my horses had the abcess for about a week, then it pretty much
healed up.

Best advice I heard of as far as a preventative, is to keep the horses covered with fly spray, as it is thought that flies spread the disease.

Karen

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