Horse is coughing. Vet is baffled.
My 14 year old Quarter Horse mare has been coughing for about two months now.
I had the vet out shortly after I noticed it and he told me it did not sound like heaves. He suggested limiting her exposure to dust anyway to see if that helped. Otherwise she was given a clean bill of health. I moved her to an outside stall with the best air circulation on the farm (previously her stall was the first one next to the indoor arena). I started watering her hay and bedding to reduce dust there (we use sawdust for bedding). I also started mixing pelleted bedding in to further reduce dust.
She has been going on and off her feed. Sometimes she just eats hay, other days she just eats grain, a few times she won't eat anything. There has been no change in the quality or quantity of the hay or grain. About two weeks after the vet visit I started adding 1/8-1/4 cup of flaxseed oil to her grain once a day (vet approved) to see if that would help with inflammation. She was off her feed before this so I know it was not the culprit, she's eating it now with no problem.
Her temperament has been completely normal. At no time has she run a fever. No other horses in the barn are sick and there are no new arrivals.
The vet's best guess is allergies but he can't seem to tell me if there is anything we can do about it.
What are your thoughts?
Submitted May 18, 2018 at 05:39PM by Aloretta_Dethly
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