AVS-4120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Strangles, Tetanus, Nitrofural
27 Mar 2017
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Most disease outbreaks occur at racetracks or show venues. At shows: remove all organic material from the stalls, sanitize the stalls, if you are hauling a lot of horses, send a groom ahead of time to clean and prep the stalls. Check with the state vet for the state that you"re traveling to and find out if there are any current disease outbreaks. Flu: life threatening in foals and older or immune suppressed horses, coughing indicates. Upper airway irritant if the cough is dry. Infection if the cough is a wet, productive cough. Rhino: vaccine is included in 5-way, vaccinate every 3 months if the horse has a busy show schedule. Pneumonia: infection, if bacterial, treat with antibiotics, if viral, it has to run its course, it is one of the leading causes of death in foals. Their relaxed pharynx leads to milk in the lungs. De: horses get it from snails or ticks.
