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To: CindyDawg

Ask your vet perhaps, and we'll see if the others on the thread have actually been through strangles.... But I wouldn't work him if he has any symptoms still... Can he breathe? The symptom that he's not ready would be continued discharge and getting easily winded. You want to be careful, horses who get very sick with respiratory ailments have a hard time getting their wind back, you don't want to do any permanent damage.


2,858 posted on 04/29/2005 10:29:04 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog

the barn where I used to keep my horses had a case of strangles and the vet quaratined the place for a month, I think it was. Gates locked, only people with one of those gate cards could get through.

No personal experience with strangles, though. Good luck. Cindy Dawg.


2,859 posted on 04/29/2005 10:32:00 AM PDT by squarebarb
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To: HairOfTheDog
Ok, I'll ask him. We waited until the discharge gone. He is breathing fine. He just gets tired easy. He hasn't been able to take his place back in the heard so I don't think he has all his strength back. We started slow just walking him. Then the saddle.
2,860 posted on 04/29/2005 10:32:03 AM PDT by CindyDawg
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