Tummy trouble (in Vet too)

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Posting for a friend of mine. Anyone got any experience with what this could be. My friends mare gets this every year around this time. She has very bad scour. Vet is baffled. Have tried antibiotcs, probiotics, bloods done and kidneys and liver are all normal. No infection, f hay not properly digested. Has had teeth done and wormed. Vet has done faecal egg count and no infestation. Anyone got any ideas at all? Last year this happened as well and I thought it was haylage cos she was moved onto hay. This year its happened with hay. The hay is good quality (as is the haylage). Anyone shed any light on whats going on?

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Is there something growing in her field that peaks around this time, or a tree (eg apple) that over hangs her field that she can gorge on?
 
Don't know, but interested to see if anyone has ideas - a mare at our yard is scouring, vet has been and suggested pre (or pro??) biotics - out on grazing 24/7, all the others are ok.... (but others are geldings - is this relevent??)
 
Thanks for the replies. No, no trees in the field and nothing else that we can identify. She is an IHWT rescue and is about 15 years old. Has been with my friend for three years now. This happens every winter. I am wondering if its something like damage was done from lack of care in the years prior to her being re homed with my friend and that she is just super sensitive to changes in her diet. The first winter it was really bad. She lost loads and loads of weight, coat started to fall out as well. 2 different vet practices had examined her. Then, as the winter was ending, she started to come right and is fine in the summer. My friend is terrified that its all happening again. Last year she wasn't too bad, but it did happen.
 
I have a cob that is very similar, fine in the Summer, scours as soon as he starts coming in at night in the winter. vet can find nothing wrong, have tried the usual pink powders pre/pro biotics, natural yogurt hay V's haylage etc.. and the only thing that seems to have any postive effect is less good quality hay (by that I mean old grass that hasn't seen much in the way of fertiliser - (obv. not mouldy grotty stuff)sadly very few farmers seem to make this on purpose!) or mixing good quality oat or Barley straw in with his hay.
 
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