Horse Coughing

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Morning All-

I am looking for some advice as my horse has developed a cough - first heard on Monday. He has a "dry" sounding cough, and over a two hour period I heard him cough 5 times - once in the stable and 4 times when I took him for a walk. Apart from the cough - he is really well within himself, no discharge, no signs of being unwell, he was really marching when walking out with ears forward. This is the first summer he has lived out and he has gotten wet at night sometimes due to the unpredicable weather we have had. He has not been to any comps for over two weeks and no other horse on the yard is coughing or has been previously.

At the moment, I suspected he has a chill from being caught out in the rain and I am keeping him dry, just giving him a walk a day (he likes to do something) and giving him a small warm feed at nights. I wanted to check to see if it could be anything else, is there anything else I can do to get rid of it? I am going to call the vet if it shows no sign of going, the only reason I havent called him already is my horse is otherwise well and I dont want to be over reacting!

thanks in advance
 
Could it be an allergy to something? My boy has recently been diagnosed with COPD (not saying that is what is wrong with your horse) and his main symptom is coughing but otherwise he is generally well and not lethargic at all (aside from a bad spell back in May). If he is living out 24/7 for the first time it could be something in the air irritating him and being exposed to it for longer is causing the cough - just a thought.

Could you perhaps ring your vet and just have a chat with them?
 
Tempi - temp is normal.

GG - I am new to the area (been here since Jan) and have only regisitered with new vet for worm count etc so dont actually know them to chat with, they are only willing to call out.
 
If it continues but no other signs if being unwell then I'd get some sputolosin if it's a dry cough. V effective at getting rid of the mucous.
 
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