RE: [RC] [RC] animals and smoke inhalation - Susan E. Garlinghouse, DVM
>What
would you recommend after a day long sandstorm, Susan? I realise that there
still aren't that many places in the US that have to deal with >them...yet...but the way things are going, who
knows? We get days when no one would work the horses because of the
sand/dust, but we are still >breathing
it. There are no local protocols.
Sand and dust are going to be primarily just an irritant without the toxic
components that smoke has, so it doesn’t require the same layoff
period. How long would depend on whether the horse was inside during the
storm or outside without shelter, the age of the horse (older horses don’t
produce the same amount of mucus that the respiratory cilia will use to move
debris out), pre-existing respiratory disease, etc. For the most part, a
few days would probably suffice, barring any symptoms of distress.
