It was one of those moving pictures (gif?)Warren, where the fingers were supposed to crossOriginally Posted by kung fu man
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Never even heard of The Rattles before this year. Had two foals diagnosed. Vet has never had any of his have it - 4 foals diagnosed and he treated another 6 just to be safe
Have had 3 fully grown horses with throat abscesses in the past month as well.
What the dickens
I've had three foals with the rattles over the years and it was very challenging, and heartbreaking, for all concerned. Nasty lung infection that can finish off a foal quickly. I trust that knowledge of the condition and treatments have advanced a fair bit over the past quarter century. Unfortunately the only vets we had ready access to with the first case were bovine specialists. The foal was a thoroughbred which later raced.
The second, a Stoneridge Scooter colt and outstanding foal, went away to stud with his mum only to contract the disease. It was not noticed until too late and he could not be saved. The next was a filly. After being born with pneumonia and recovering she got rattles! By then I had learnt enough and never broke her in, saving her as a broodmare. And she could never get in foal!
The condition is a rhodococcus disease and lies dormant in the soil. It becomes active mainly during wet years.
My fingers are crossed for your babies Katie. Good luck, hope what I have posted doesn't upset you too much.
What's strange Trevor is that we keep our mares in the same paddock every single year (and have done for probably 12 years) and have never had any problems. Last winter was a particularly dry winter too.
We sent the mares and foals up to the vet to be treated and they're home now. They said that it's easy to diagnose and actually pretty easy to treat these days so there's hope! Our foals seem good now.
I actually wonder if it came in the horse feed and hay rolls. The vet says no but it just seems too much of a coincidence.
What's another coincidence is that our vet sees a colic condition where the gut twists and gets stuck under the spleen once every 3 years or so and TWO of ours got this problem within 4 days of each other. A couple of expensive stays at Murdoch Uni Vet Hospital later and we hope it's another 20 years before we see that problem again
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Last edited by kung fu man; 04-21-2020 at 02:50 PM.
2 days ago still alive
Lookin good Warren
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Thx Kev, for all her problems shes not too bad
I see its been named Zombie - what a perfect name for all the ups and downs its had
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