LegOn
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Breathing issues - any ideas?
Horse is living out during the day & in at night & this only started since he was out more on summer pasture. He started with a slight dust/type cough - no mucus at all. Rang the vet & said there is alot of dust type coughs around because its so dry out. Try him on wet hay & give him some Exputex (human cough syrup) & some honey. But cough got slightly worse & then developed into some wheezing in his breathing & an effort in breath while exercising. Stopped exercising & vet came out to scope him. Scope showed no signs of COPD or obstruction in the airways - only a small bit of fluid, very watery & not infection led at all.
Vet suspected it was a reaction to pollen or something in the air didnt agree with him, so gave him an anti-histamine injection & put him on Venitpulim for 10 days. Immediate improvement - horse back ridden & jumping with no issues. Day 12... slight wheezing returns & effort in breathing while exercising. So we put him back on Venitpulim but this time, no improvement, so vet suggests trying him on Piriton anti-histamines, but again, no improvement.
His resting breathing seems quite short & a little laboured but not majorly so & there is no mucus- never has been.
He came back out today & re-scoped him - again nothing sinister but some watery fluid. The first injection obviously worked & he said he would inject him again but is concerned its a very short term solution, if it came back so quickly.
He suggested two options - a Nebuilzer which he is seeing if I can rent one from them or Prednisolone?? In fairness, he is very good with working out costs & might be weighting up which is more feasible. Anyone have any similar experiences that they can suggest a route they went that works??
Horse is living out during the day & in at night & this only started since he was out more on summer pasture. He started with a slight dust/type cough - no mucus at all. Rang the vet & said there is alot of dust type coughs around because its so dry out. Try him on wet hay & give him some Exputex (human cough syrup) & some honey. But cough got slightly worse & then developed into some wheezing in his breathing & an effort in breath while exercising. Stopped exercising & vet came out to scope him. Scope showed no signs of COPD or obstruction in the airways - only a small bit of fluid, very watery & not infection led at all.
Vet suspected it was a reaction to pollen or something in the air didnt agree with him, so gave him an anti-histamine injection & put him on Venitpulim for 10 days. Immediate improvement - horse back ridden & jumping with no issues. Day 12... slight wheezing returns & effort in breathing while exercising. So we put him back on Venitpulim but this time, no improvement, so vet suggests trying him on Piriton anti-histamines, but again, no improvement.
His resting breathing seems quite short & a little laboured but not majorly so & there is no mucus- never has been.
He came back out today & re-scoped him - again nothing sinister but some watery fluid. The first injection obviously worked & he said he would inject him again but is concerned its a very short term solution, if it came back so quickly.
He suggested two options - a Nebuilzer which he is seeing if I can rent one from them or Prednisolone?? In fairness, he is very good with working out costs & might be weighting up which is more feasible. Anyone have any similar experiences that they can suggest a route they went that works??
