Horse coughing

[Sliggett.xo]

Hi so recently my horse had a cough and when I was riding her she was coughing and finding it hard to breath. I went to the vets and they gave me oral powder to put in her feed for a couple of days to help it however it didn’t work. Then we injected her every day with pen and strep for a week and it cleared the cough up. The vet told told us to soak her hay as well.we have been soaking her hay since and I have rode her twice since and no signs of coughing or difficult breathing and seems a lot happier and energetic. Now it’s a week or two later after her cough cleared up and suddenly she had starting coughing a few times again should I be worried? I intially thought it could be copd / heaves the first time round however the vet said it was unlikely. is there a chance it could be or what else could it be? Should I be worried? I was thinking of putting her on a coughing or airway supplement or do you have any other advice?
She is a 18 year old thoroughbred mare if this is any help. Thx xx

 

[Melody Grey]

Have you done everything you can to limit environmental factors: dust extracted bedding/ not mucking out or bedding down with the horse in the stable/ damping bedding if it's pellets? Trying haylage instead of hay if that's a possibility with horses diet?

 

[Sliggett.xo]

The only thing I can think of is I recently used a bale of shaving instead of always using chopped straw. Yes I am considering switching to haulage however the small bales are double the price of hay and a big bale of haylage will go off as I only have one horse

 

[AmyMay]

As per your previous post..... ?

 

[PurBee]

With coughs i like to find out vitamin e levels in the diet and omega 3...as adding those can aid healing respiratory issues.
Check your minerals shes on for these nutrients.
Hay doesnt have much vit e in it at all. Omega 3 is practically absent too in hay.

 

[Melody Grey]

As per your previous post..... ?

Ah- just found. Turnout related it is then!