Reactions to cuts etc

["Budler,Cindy" <Cindy.Budler@afrox.boc.com>]

Question to throw at our vets -
I have a 3 year old mare who has the worst possible reaction to any type of
scratch , cut or wound. The site swells badly and usually spreads to the
limb - she spikes a temp (41) and it can take 3 days of aggressive treatment
to go away. She is up to date on tetanus etc and the wounds are always
cleaned immediately , and now she also gets a 3 day antibiotic course with
probiotics thrown in .Could this be just genetics or is it possibly a form
of low resistance, no antibodies or a shortage of some kind of mineral etc?
I have 20 horses and have cared for many more and have never seen reactions
like this before. She gets a commercial horse feed, lots of roughage(24/7
grazing plus teff), alfalfa , and free choice salt. Of course she is also
one of those horses who finds things to hurt herself on!!!. I have no idea
on the quality of our grass as it seems difficult here in SA to have it
analysed - actually haven't found a place to do it yet(but also haven't got
any other horses who have any problem like this - also no selenium problems
as far as I know.
Anybody have any ideas??

Regards,
Cindy Budler

Marketing Information Analyst
Afrox Fabrication
Germiston
South Africa
Tel : 011 876 1179
e-mail:  Cindy.Budler@afrox.boc.com <mailto:Cindy.Budler@afrox.boc.com> 


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