Horseygirl78
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Hi I've only had my 12yr old mare since February 2014 and so this is our 1st winter together, just before Christmas I had to get the vet as she was coughing and struggling to breath, the vet came and scoped her and drew some pretty gunky white stuff off her lungs. Lab results confirmed bacterial infection. Antibiotics perscibed and she improved, only having a slight cough in the morning, she was scoped again a couple of weeks ago and some more white gunk came up, but the scope showed she was clearer the furher it went 
Lab results came back as clear, with no further infection, but more ab's perscibed to help kick the rest of the gunk. She now has a cough most mornings which can be anything from a couple of coughs to 10 -15 in a row and when ridden may cough a couple of times on the space of 1 20m circle then nothing for the rest of a 20 minute ride, however only walking at the moment, this morning she was particullary bad, which may be the speed she ate her breakfast and the cold snowy weather, she is in overnight, turned out during the day, fed good haylage, stabling, although indoors with 2 other horses, has good ventilation and she doesn't cough when I'm with her during the afternoon and evenings. I've also had her on ventilate, Naf respirator boost, steoids (which did not work) and now a herbal remedy which has had good results and reviews. On my vets instructions I'm in contact with him on a weekly basis to give him an update and so we can re-assess - to cut a long story short it would be lovely to hear from anyone who has had similar problems - or can share anything that worked
Lab results came back as clear, with no further infection, but more ab's perscibed to help kick the rest of the gunk. She now has a cough most mornings which can be anything from a couple of coughs to 10 -15 in a row and when ridden may cough a couple of times on the space of 1 20m circle then nothing for the rest of a 20 minute ride, however only walking at the moment, this morning she was particullary bad, which may be the speed she ate her breakfast and the cold snowy weather, she is in overnight, turned out during the day, fed good haylage, stabling, although indoors with 2 other horses, has good ventilation and she doesn't cough when I'm with her during the afternoon and evenings. I've also had her on ventilate, Naf respirator boost, steoids (which did not work) and now a herbal remedy which has had good results and reviews. On my vets instructions I'm in contact with him on a weekly basis to give him an update and so we can re-assess - to cut a long story short it would be lovely to hear from anyone who has had similar problems - or can share anything that worked