brighteyes
Pooh-Bah
I thought nasal discharge was normal - a small amount of (frothy during exercise) thin, clear, watery wetness as tears drain out down by the nostrils.
Any thicker, mucosy stuff was from the lungs and indicates, dependent on colour, presence of irritants and in the case of yellow/green, an infection somewhere in the respiratory tract. Especially if combined with a cough.
I am not, just now, talking about tooth abscesses!
If the horse has not been unwell in any respect, merely coughed for a few days and only then intermittently, then snot develops, should this be treated with AB's as a matter of course? Our (8yo) horse coughed, then got snotty and as neither cleared up within a few days although the horse had not at any atge been unwell, we got the vet out. He took her temp (bang on normal) and commented how well she seemed, and that he thought it was allergy provoked. He prescribed ventipulmin, even though we told him about the coughing and yellow snot (never any in her buckets) and that's it.
A week down the line and the snot has almost gone - the cough disappeared before the vet arrived - but it went very thin and runny. I rang the vet about the change in 'symptoms' and this pale cream waterfall and he said it was good and exactly what he expected to happen. And that no, I didn't need AB's.
I was really expecting AB's as was sure yellow snot = secondary, bacterial infection.
Management-wise, she's practically outdoors - lives in an open-fronted barn with a sand floor and is on haylage. Vet thought pollen allergy, but other than that was quite unconcerned, as she hasn't had any illness to speak of. Not even looked 'off' for a day and is a fit, competition horse.
Any wise words?
Today, in spite of the heat, she is perky and bright but was still dripping a little watery pale cream snot at 9am. Nose clear this evening.
Any thicker, mucosy stuff was from the lungs and indicates, dependent on colour, presence of irritants and in the case of yellow/green, an infection somewhere in the respiratory tract. Especially if combined with a cough.
I am not, just now, talking about tooth abscesses!
If the horse has not been unwell in any respect, merely coughed for a few days and only then intermittently, then snot develops, should this be treated with AB's as a matter of course? Our (8yo) horse coughed, then got snotty and as neither cleared up within a few days although the horse had not at any atge been unwell, we got the vet out. He took her temp (bang on normal) and commented how well she seemed, and that he thought it was allergy provoked. He prescribed ventipulmin, even though we told him about the coughing and yellow snot (never any in her buckets) and that's it.
A week down the line and the snot has almost gone - the cough disappeared before the vet arrived - but it went very thin and runny. I rang the vet about the change in 'symptoms' and this pale cream waterfall and he said it was good and exactly what he expected to happen. And that no, I didn't need AB's.
I was really expecting AB's as was sure yellow snot = secondary, bacterial infection.
Management-wise, she's practically outdoors - lives in an open-fronted barn with a sand floor and is on haylage. Vet thought pollen allergy, but other than that was quite unconcerned, as she hasn't had any illness to speak of. Not even looked 'off' for a day and is a fit, competition horse.
Any wise words?
Today, in spite of the heat, she is perky and bright but was still dripping a little watery pale cream snot at 9am. Nose clear this evening.
