>    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.
    Sounds like an allgergy to me....... I've got one here in my barn that's
allergic to dust (and it's been MURDER this year with El Nino's stuff 
igh>).
 >    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.
    Whatever he's allergic to is probably air borne -- a lot of people or
suffering with allergys this year and I suppose horeses are no different.  
It's
been a bad year here too with Shamazon who seems to have allergy attacks just
like I do from day to day.
 >    If anyone has any suggestions, please write. I am
 > running out of ideas and money.
    Wish I could give you a solution.  You've done everything that I've done 
--
low dust hay and feed .... changing bedding etc.  Hopefully as the rainy 
season
comes the situation will get better ....... good luck.
    Sorry I couldn't help more -- all I can do is give you some support as I
know what you are going through.
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