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sarahfield

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HELP!! A livery yard near me has a field which has tested positive for grass sickness. they have advertised for more liveries and intend on putting the horses on this field. i know 3 horses have died and another is still fighting a battle to over come it. i wanted to know if there is anything i can do to try and stop this happeneing all over again???
 
I pardon my ignorance and would kindly ask - is it the actual grass in that paddock that is causing this? Sorry for asking, I dont know that much about grass sickness.
 
To my understanding you can't 'test positive' for grass sickness.

The cause is still unknown. They used to believe it was the grass hence the name.
 
i dont understand this post ie the tested for grass sickness bit as sure this isnt possible grass sickness is awful and if horses on land have had it once others will follow google grass sickness and there is a good site researching it there are all kinds of things you can do to try and avoid it but its not a sure thing .there is ayrd near us who loose horses every year yet some horses have been there years and are ok i wouldnt take the risk anywhere where its been an issue
 
Having lost my horse to this 18 months ago I would never put a horse on a field that has had cases of GS from it. It is believed to be something in the soil, clostridium something from my memory. However some horses can graze the field quite happily with no effect and others come down with it as some horses seem to be predisposed to getting this. There is still a lot unknown about this nasty disease but if you look at info from Derek Knottenbelt (Sp?) from Leahurst he is very knowledgable about this and tried to treat Higgins.
 
There's a useful article here.

Grass Sickness


It is very prevalent in the West coast of Scotland but no-one knows why yet
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First of all what do you mean by the field testing positive for grass sickness? Secondly there are 'high risk paddocks' where a number of cases have occurred oin the same premises and one of the ways to reduce the risk of grass sickness is to limit exposure to pasture where previous cases have occurred
 
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