Nudibranch
Well-Known Member
I have two white legged geldings; one 4 socks and the other piebald with 4 white legs.
And now I have two horses with leukocytoclastic vasculitis. That's beyond unlucky imo. Currently in the middle of steroid and antibiotic treatment. We think the cause was turnout in foggage which had some perennial ryegrass. Generally old pasture which is never fertilised, but was oversown many years ago with the prg.
Only I could have two horses who are effectively allergic to grass! Long term management is going to be trial and error, so who knows what the future holds but hopefully if we just avoid that field during the seed phase we might be ok. Through a long process of elimination we think that is the cause but who knows...and there's every chance they are now so sensitised it'll take far, far more than that to keep it at bay.
What a year this is turning out to be. Maybe 2016 will be better!
And now I have two horses with leukocytoclastic vasculitis. That's beyond unlucky imo. Currently in the middle of steroid and antibiotic treatment. We think the cause was turnout in foggage which had some perennial ryegrass. Generally old pasture which is never fertilised, but was oversown many years ago with the prg.
Only I could have two horses who are effectively allergic to grass! Long term management is going to be trial and error, so who knows what the future holds but hopefully if we just avoid that field during the seed phase we might be ok. Through a long process of elimination we think that is the cause but who knows...and there's every chance they are now so sensitised it'll take far, far more than that to keep it at bay.
What a year this is turning out to be. Maybe 2016 will be better!