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| Had a BAL done on my gelding, still awaiting lab results..however there was mucus in the esophagus. Vet is leaning it's allergies. Is there anything that works besides having to go with drugs like Dex or some steroid? Anybody have results first hand with either Equipulmin, Mo Lung, or AirPower by Finish Line? I would love to clear this up without doing a needle every day.
Then, does anyone use HayGain Haysteamer? Pricey I see, but curious if anyone out here uses these and how you like them.
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| I give my mare 10 generic zyrtecs am and pm. The coughing and watery eyes have gone away. |
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| Contact Dr. Schell about your horse's situation. His herbs are really helping an old mare who had bad allergies - constant running nose and eyes plus trouble breathing. Herbie on here is a wealth of info on allergies and Cur Ost- the product made by Dr. Schell, a veterinarian. |
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Location: Northwest | I have one mare with allergies and she gets Silver Lining Herbs Immune and also the Respiratory formula. Works awesome! |
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Location: NC | I take care of a pony for someone and the pony has really bad allergies. Beg of summer/late spring could barely take a breathe type of allergies. They had the vet out and shes on some medication (not sure of what sorry) and they bought her a hay steamer. It seems to be working very well. She doesnt cough and shes breathing a ton better. It was pricey, i believe, but it seems to be helping a ton. They weigh and bag her hay, so they do one load every morning and then do the 2nd after. Supposedly you can leave the steamed hay up to 24hrs and still be good to feed. Shes not a picky mare but shes gobbling it up. Oh and it does come out of the steamer very hot. they wait a little to let it cool down. |
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Location: Where the long tails flow, ND | GLP - 2016-07-13 9:53 PM Contact Dr. Schell about your horse's situation. His herbs are really helping an old mare who had bad allergies - constant running nose and eyes plus trouble breathing. Herbie on here is a wealth of info on allergies and Cur Ost- the product made by Dr. Schell, a veterinarian.
This, you won't be dissapointed in how much you learn from Dr. Schell either, he is amazing!
I've had great luck with my allergy ridden mare as well.  |
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Location: North Dakota | SmokinGirlie - 2016-07-14 8:12 AM GLP - 2016-07-13 9:53 PM Contact Dr. Schell about your horse's situation. His herbs are really helping an old mare who had bad allergies - constant running nose and eyes plus trouble breathing. Herbie on here is a wealth of info on allergies and Cur Ost- the product made by Dr. Schell, a veterinarian. This, you won't be dissapointed in how much you learn from Dr. Schell either, he is amazing!
I've had great luck with my allergy ridden mare as well.
When it comes to Cur-OST and some other herbs they are targeting the inflammation that causes the issues you are seeing. So reducing inflammation is going to keep mucus from forming and in turn help your horse breathe easier.With Cur-OST you are working right at the source of the problem. My mare with COPD improved drastically on Cur-OST. It helps so much more than their respritory health. You will notice improvement in their general well being, attitude, skin & coat, hoof health and so much more. Dr. Schell is great to talk to and he can help point out issues that you may have never even thought was contributing. --> https://secondvet.com/index.php/kunena/index |
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| I love the CurOst but the program I needed was $15/day in herbs.
I went to muscle matrix and Equipulmin and have LOVED the results! |
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Location: Not Where I Want to Be | Thecowgirlinme - 2016-07-14 3:52 PM I love the CurOst but the program I needed was $15/day in herbs. I went to muscle matrix and Equipulmin and have LOVED the results!
you obviously don't love your horse
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| I LOOOVVVEEE My Haygain! I'm surrounded by orchards and my mare just would not stop coughing. She was not sick, but her cough would not go away no matter what I tried. The Haygain has been the only relief! Plus she loves it! Personally I do to, it smells sweeter, they eat EVERY BIT, and NO COUGH! My horses now prefer the steamed hay to the non steamed. Best investment I've made! No drugs going into her system everyday to keep a cough away, just 100% dust, bacteria, mold free healthy steamed hay! 
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Location: almost heaven | I have seen he most results from having the allergies testing. My vet did the dermal test and then had the immuno therapy shots formulated for his top allergies. Also helped identify what he was allergic to with pine and some grain mill mixes being the top 2 I would have never guessed his shavings so glad that I was able to know and eliminate it.
Once I made some changes he started clocking a half a second faster and was losing me in his turns. |
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Location: Dubach, LA | I bought tumeric and black pepper today. We'll see...
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| anyone have noticable results with Equipulmin? Or Mo Lung? |
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Location: Alberta, Canada | Cur ost hands down. |
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Location: NE Texas | 100% Cur-OST combined with an all grain diet. I tried literally everything before going that route, including spending thousands with 3 different veterinarians. |
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| horsepower herbs "Mucoous Proof" is the best for us. mucous proof aids in cleansing lungs clogged by mucous due to infection, allergies, debris. Helps dissolve and expel mucous from the chest cavity leaving the lungs clear tones and free of mucous. cost $98 but works. |
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Location: In my own little world | Love the EquiPulmin. Cough disappeared and he scoped clean of any mucus. |
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Location: Alberta, Canada | I did comment that curost was my recommendation but thought perhaps I should share what I have tried prior.... ALL OF IT.
I hauled a hay steamer for a year and a half, tried equipulmin, inhalers, antibiotics, steroids, equiResp (EQUIRESP has and does help), you name it I tried it. Even my vet was completely boggled. This spring I was losing hope so I started paying close attention on here to what girls were using and kept seeing cur ost pop up. I got in touch with dr. Schell mid May and we set up a program for her. Within a week I saw a huge change in my mare. Now, mid July, I have a completely different horse. I couldn't even long trot my mare without coughing. Now, she can breeze a half mile and doesn't so much as snort. She meets me at the gate and doesn't lose weight on the road.
Cur ost is worth every penny and if you give it a shot right off the hop I feel you'll possibly save yourself a pile of time, money and heartache. |
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Location: NE Texas | I too have tried it all, including mixing the turmeric golden paste myself. Spent thousands at the vet, did breathing treatments, tried other supplements, steroids, etc, etc and nothing seemed to offer any improvement. I was facing having to put this horse down when Dr. Schell asked me to give him 2 weeks. If at the end of that 2 weeks we hadn't made progress, then at least we tried. I'm certainly glad we did try. In 30 days I went from having a horse in complete respiratory distress to a horse I was back to riding and exercising. The results I experienced with the Cur-OST products are amazing and I will never be without it for my horses.
The scary part is, this horse had dealt with very minor dust allergies for several years prior to the downward spiral that happened very, very quickly. He always had a short exercise induced cough and would cough when he ate hay off the ground. No big deal I thought.....until it was. With the added stress of hauling and competition, he went downhill and went downhill fast.
So thankful to Dr. Schell for educating me on why this happened and how it can be managed and avoided in the future! |
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Location: sunny california | I just ordered some yesterday for a horse with allergies. Hope it works!
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Location: mi | When my mare was at the beginning stages and it was just a random cough the Air power worked pretty well for her. If you are not sure it is allergies I would try adding in some sort of immune booster. I just did this with my 3 year old and his cough is dang near gone. I did a bit of research and almost all of them had a main ingredient of Lysine so I had some Uckele Tri-amino in the barn so just added that into his feed and with in a couple weeks the cough is pretty much gone.
For my mare that is now 14 years into her COPD nothing really helps but DEX. But just so you know if this is your route, you do not have to poke her with it. You can give it orally and can even just shoot it on their grain if they are good eaters. The ONLY time I have to give Dex IM is if she is really having a STRONG bout and I want to be sure she gets every drop and get it quickly. Although I am not sure IM is anymore quick then just shooting it under her tounge. Either way I rarely have to give Dex IM and it is pretty cheap and works so don't be afraid of it. My mare has leveled out some but there was a winter that I wasn't sure she was going to make it and was going through a bottle a month. No side effects and 3 years or so later and she is still kicking. .... |
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Location: Alberta, Canada | ajs2002 - 2016-07-22 8:09 AM
When my mare was at the beginning stages and it was just a random cough the Air power worked pretty well for her. If you are not sure it is allergies I would try adding in some sort of immune booster. I just did this with my 3 year old and his cough is dang near gone. I did a bit of research and almost all of them had a main ingredient of Lysine so I had some Uckele Tri-amino in the barn so just added that into his feed and with in a couple weeks the cough is pretty much gone.
For my mare that is now 14 years into her COPD nothing really helps but DEX. But just so you know if this is your route, you do not have to poke her with it. You can give it orally and can even just shoot it on their grain if they are good eaters. The ONLY time I have to give Dex IM is if she is really having a STRONG bout and I want to be sure she gets every drop and get it quickly. Although I am not sure IM is anymore quick then just shooting it under her tounge. Either way I rarely have to give Dex IM and it is pretty cheap and works so don't be afraid of it. My mare has leveled out some but there was a winter that I wasn't sure she was going to make it and was going through a bottle a month. No side effects and 3 years or so later and she is still kicking. ....
You're one of the lucky ones... We put my mare on Dex and it almost killed her lol. |
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