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RidinOnFaith35 Reg. Feb 2010	Posted 2014-04-20 3:52 PM Subject: Allergies?
Elite Veteran Posts: 713 Location: ND	What can you do for a horse that has allergies? If they are wheezing and coughing and have quite a bit of white discharge from their nose?
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Flaxfilly Reg. Nov 2005	Posted 2014-04-20 5:13 PM Subject: RE: Allergies?
Extreme Veteran Posts: 304 Location: Colorado	I have been able to help horses and humans with these seasonal allergies... Most of the products can be ordered online or bought from your local health food stores. Pm me for more info.
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grinandbareit Reg. Jan 2007	Posted 2014-04-20 7:57 PM Subject: RE: Allergies?
Go For It! Location: Texas	Allergy shots have worked fantastically on my gelding. Talk to your vet about testing.
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amy laymon Reg. Mar 2005	Posted 2014-04-20 9:36 PM Subject: RE: Allergies?
Arriving at the last minute! Posts: 5148 Location: Kansas	To me the best thing is boost the immune system and don't vaccinate. Vaccinations will lead to all kinds of issues especially allergies and asthma etc. Thats my opinion based on research I have done. I really boost my immune system this time of year especially with silver. But you can try giving some french's mustard 30cc for 3 days straight sometimes that will blow a lot of that out.
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trotncowpony Reg. Aug 2008	Posted 2014-04-20 10:56 PM Subject: RE: Allergies?
Double Standards Don't Fly Posts: 1283 Location: At the barn	I'm having several horses with allergy issues this year. Two have been on meds for 2 weeks now and are improving. I highly recommend you take your horse to the vet. This can be the beginning of heaves and you want to get the jump on it asap!
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kanchazer Reg. Oct 2003	Posted 2014-04-22 2:10 PM Subject: RE: Allergies?
Hot Dispatcher Posts: 10185 Location: Utah	The best thing is to find out exactly what is causing the allergic reaction, then you can better control it from there. Our vet did a blood test and we found hay to be what he was allergic to.
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Blueridgedreaming Reg. Sep 2013	Posted 2014-04-22 2:39 PM Subject: RE: Allergies?
Extreme Veteran Posts: 512	I also highly recommend you go to a vet and have your horse scoped. My horse had white discharge and they diagnosed him with IAD (Inflammatory Airway Disease). The vet said more than 50% of performance horses have this. It is a milder form of heaves, but heaves is progressive and so is IAD. It will continue to get worse without treatment. The vet's also said you usually can only really help IAD or heaves with a steriod therapy. You definitely don't want to just let it go as it can continue to get worse and potentially end performance careers. Wheezing, coughing, white nasal discharge tells me it more than just a mild case of seasonal allergies.
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