Re: Rain rot

[Annette Gordon <agordon@worldofwonder.net>]

Dear Rebbecca

You must be mortified at the response here. We should all lay off but any
horse even with the best management can end up with rain rot or as mine did
with Azoturia (tying up). At my yard I know everyone thinks he tied up
because of my bad management but he was not even in hard work when it
happend. He'd stopped working hard two months previously. He was on a very
simple all fibre diet and I have always excersised him regularly every day. 

Rain Scald or rot is a funghal disease and like things like strangles or
ringworm can be picked up by even the best cared horses. 

That's my 2 pennies worth. But I think I'm bored now of the rain rot debate
folks. 

Annette


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> From: Julie Coats <Julie_Coats@ncsu.edu> 
> To: softride@cdsnet.net 
> CC: ridecamp@endurance.net 
> Subject: Re: Rain rot 
> Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1998 10:51:08 -0400 
> 
>
>WHAT!!!!!
>
>What about the horses that choose to stay out, even
>though they have run-ins. I even know of a few horses
>(gasp) that stay out 24 hours a day!!!!
>
>And besides some horses are more susceptible!
>
>Julie
>
>
>
>At 08:59 PM 7/31/98 -0700, you wrote:
>>I would be embarrassed to have my horse get rain rot more than once.  It
>>means poor barn management.  It should not happen more than once if you
>>are taking care of your much loved horse.
>>Rebecca
>>
>>
>>
>Julie R.Coats, A.H.T.
>Cardiac Research Technician
>NCSU College of Veterinary Medicine
>julie_coats@ncsu.edu
>919 829-4325
>fax 919 515-9427
>