RE: [RC] Spot-on tick applications for endurance horses - Sarah Seashols
Thanks, Susan --
I thought that I remembered
someone mentioning bad reactions to it – thanks for refreshing my memory. On
to other options… J
Sarah
From: Susan E.
Garlinghouse, DVM [mailto:suendavid@xxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 2:29 PM To: 'Sarah Seashols'; ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: [RC] Spot-on tick applications for endurance horses
When I was doing equine practice
full time, our practice treated a bunch of horses/ponies that had developed
pretty severe inflammatory reactions to the spot-on product. One little
POA guy had a fever of 105, hives everywhere and darn near foundered. A
lot of them do well the first season it’s used, then develop reactions in
subsequent years. I’m sure plenty of animals do fine, but severe adverse
reactions have happened in measurable numbers.
JME.
Susan Garlinghouse, DVM
From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sarah Seashols Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 11:21 AM To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] Spot-on tick applications for endurance horses
Hi All,
I’m a longtime lurker, and wanted to get some advice on
using the spot-on insect applications for horses, specifically for my endurance
pony. I know it’s February, and many of you aren’t thinking about this
right now, but I was just diagnosed with Lyme disease that I must have
contracted sometime in December. I live in SE Virginia, so we have very
mild winters (it’s in the 70’s today). Needless to say, the bugs are out
to play all year long. A friend of a friend lost her good endurance horse
to Lyme last year, and I would just be devastated if that were to happen.
So, have the spot-on insect applications been shown to repel
ticks? And more importantly, has anyone had issues with the spot-on
applications and toxicity/metabolic issues with their endurance horse?
Sarah
In Virginia…..waiting for the drugs to start working so that
I can go riding
