From: Meg Alfoni 
Subject: Re: Sick Horse
Dave Burke wrote:
>    My horse has a cough that won't go away. His left nostril runs, his
> nose
> sounds stuffed up, his breathing is labored at rest. He has no fever,
> eats
> good, weight is a little low but good. His energy level fluctuates. We
> are in
> Western WA.
>    This is Very frustrating. I have taken him to 3 Vets and the Tacoma
> Equine
> Hosptal. They all seem to think it might be allergy/Heaves and have
> treated him
> with Sulfa ,antihistimenes and Steroids. It helps a little, but he
> goes right
> back after treatment. I have changed his feed between grass
> hay,timothy,and
> alfalfa. They have low dust,no mold and we have tried wetting it down.
> I have
> put him in different fields, locked him in and out of the stable,and
> changed
> the bedding type.
>    If anyone has any suggestions, please write. I am running out of
> ideas and
> money.
>
I wish I could tell you what this is, but my only suggestion would be to
get him to one of the vet school hospitals, if you can.  I'd start with
whatever veterinarian school there is closest to you to see if they have
an equine facility.   Your ve should know where it is.
Do you feed supplements?  If so, have you tried eliminating these? I
like John Rooker's idea of a nasal discharge culture.  Have they ruled
out any kind of respiratory tract tumor or obstruction of some kind?
...kinda funny that this is only on one side....
How long ago did this start.  Was it gradual or did it happen fast?
Good luck!  Keep us posted on how you make out.
Meg
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