ridecamp@endurance.net: RE: [endurance] Puzzling illness

RE: [endurance] Puzzling illness

Gwen Dluehosh (dluehosh@vt.edu)
Thu, 9 Mar 1995 14:23:05 -0600 (CST)

How about rabies... or one of the other major diseases like strangles?
HOrses exhibit very strange symptoms sometimes...
Gwen
In message Thu, 7 Mar 1996 17:57:03 -0500, MBowers472@aol.com writes:

> I recently had an experience that I can't figure out. I have a horse that
> ran a 50 on Sat. Tues. I noticed he was away from the other horses, but
> didn't really think much of it. The next day, I saw him standing apart
> again, so I got him out. He was panting, and as I suspected running a
> temp. (105) I called the Vet. He checked him out and could find
> nothing. He drew blood which turned up nothing as well. His only
> explanation was that the horse might have had an increased temp in order
> to fight off a bug. Has anyone experienced a similar illness?
> He always ate, and besides panting and apparently wanting to be "Left
> alone" by the other horses, he seemed perfectly normal.
>
> Vonita
>