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Re: [RC] COPD - Susan Garlinghouse, DVM

Wetting the feed is helpful managing COPD.  Soaked beet pulp based feeds,
soaking down hay cubes into mush, or even just soaking flakes of hay in a
big tub of water to minimize the dust.  Keep him off dusty bedding if he's
ever stalled, just plain rubber mats.  Add a few cups of flax seed to his
ration for the omega threes.

Susan G, DVM

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lynne Tomovick" <ltomovick@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2003 5:26 PM
Subject: [RC] COPD



My horse was just diagnosed w/ COPD.
Any second opinions from Vets?
Experience with managing copd? in endurance?

July 28 - Moved horse to new location in eastern SD.  Hot, humid, bugs ...
extremely stressed horse!
~ Aug 6 - Noticed depressed horse, chalked up to new location, heat,

stress

noticed some nasal mucous discharge colored & clear
Aug 10 - Cough started at beginning of ride but dissapeared once we got

past

the warmup
Aug 13 - Cough started at beginning of ride and go worse the more we rode
Aug 20 - Normal blood work

Vet said to give a round of 3 shots steroids.  I plan to take him home,
where he never exhibited a problem.  Currently, he's on pasture...

minimal,

at a bordering facility.

Thanks,
Lynne

ltomovick@xxxxxxxxxxx

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