I'll let you know. They're switching vets, though because he's being very lax about the whole thing, and not very responsible. Coming out when no one is around the farm and "claiming" to give innoculations, and when they called about the strangles results a few days later, when he didn't call back, the secretary said that they were "in the truck with the vet". Maybe I'm wrong, but something stinks. Apparently his record keeping is rotten too, because Teddy's (the arab) strangles vaccine isn't on file either. So either he never got it, or it never got written down. And they had to call the vet three times before someone would look at the hives attack. It happened in a space of 20 minutes. The poor horse just blew up. His face ended up being so swollen that his halter was cutting into it.
Did the owners give any meds before the vet saw them? The hives and swelling sound like an allergic reaction. My owner though Okie had strangles too but the house vet said no.
I wish my vet had been in town. He has never saw a lab or culture he doesn't like:')