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Hello Maryanne,

Could you post your recipe please?
The Aussies had a terrible time clearing up EI. Your horses are very
lucky to have such a smart owner as you. Wishing you and yours a safe
recovery.

Don Huston


At 01:22 AM 7/13/2008 Sunday, you wrote:
> I spent about an hour yesterday
> afternoon chatting with neighbors, friends, vets and so on to see how
> things are going. The good news is that fatalities are very low, at least
> here in this area. As Dany Barbare told me, "Death in the case of
> influenza is almost 99% surely due to negligence and
> stupidity."  If you are on top of things and catch it quick
> with supportive therapy, like IV fluids and such, the horses are not
> happy but they pull through.   In the pyramids horses are
> coughing all over the place and no one is giving them rest so I expect
> fatalities there. We have a couple of "pyramids" type stables
> here as well and they don't see any reason to stop working. In fact one
> guy said to send him the clients that I'm turning away. Why don't I think
> that I will?
>
> Gossip (always interesting even when you don't know the people
> personally); Our equestrian federation president (FEI no less) informed
> on stable owner who runs a jump stable that this isn't EI. It can't
> possibly be. It's heat stroke....during one of our more reasonable
> summers...and if it's heat stroke why are the cases coming from
> Alexandria where he is based? Much cooler down there. Our one FEI vet
> informed a breeder that "the worst was over". Hmmm. I don't
> think so. If that is the case why is his phone not answering?
>
> Facts: Most of the responsible stables in this area have locked down and
> are clean. The hot spot down the road has owners waiting until they get
> the all clear to be able to move their horse anywhere but there. I had to
> call the stable owner (who incidentally was NOT there) to tell him to
> order his grooms to keep the  horses INSIDE the stable walls and not
> walk them along the roadway to dry them off after bathing. How stupid can
> someone get?  
>
> A vet friend of mine working at the EAO (the government stud at El
> Zahraa) went to work yesterday and found that overnight there were 80
> horses sick and this morning the numbers have gone up. He got no sleep at
> all and they are trying to work with herbal remedies for the cough and
> such because medications for 500 horses is pretty much out of budget. I'm
> sending him our herbal mix. It certainly can't hurt and herbs are not
> nearly as expensive as meds. One of the best things herbally is
> eucalyptus and the EAO has huge trees all over the place. They are
> sending cultures to the university for testing and we all are hoping for
> the best. Our testing facilities are not the best, as I well know. I was
> taking Eleanor Kellon's nutrition class and sent samples of my forage to
> the Ministry of Agriculture for analysis....seemed like a good idea at
> the time. My results for  my forage indicated that all my horses are
> dead of selenium poisoning and since I'm still having to feed them, there
> is problem somewhere. Now I have to find another place for the analysis
> since I wrote to the head of the testing unit and never even got an
> acknowledgment of the email, much less an answer. 
>
> Think kind thoughts for the horses of Egypt.
>
> Maryanne
>
>
> -- 
> Maryanne Stroud Gabbani
> msgabbani@xxxxxxxxx
>
> Egypt Face to Face
> www.alsorat.com
> Weblogs:
> Living In Egypt
> miloflamingo.blogspot.com
> Cairo/Giza Daily Photo
> cairogizadailyphoto.blogspot.com
> Turn Right At The Sarcophagus
> haramlik.blogspot.com
> Da Moose Is Loose (a blog for kids)
> mstroud.blogspot.com
> Photos of Egypt:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/livinginegypt/

Don Huston
donhuston @ cox .net
SanDiego, Calif