Re: How to return a bad hay crop to the field?

Posted by nballen on August 15, 2006 at 09:38:16 from (198.246.171.252):

In Reply to: Re: How to return a bad hay crop to the field? posted by Ron-MO on August 15, 2006 at 07:25:05:

Horses are susceptible to a chronic condition called "heaves" which is a respiratory problem (I suppose similar to athsma / emphysema (sp?) where the horse develops a severe cough, made worse by a) exercise and b) dust, especially mold dust.

Feeding dusty (that is, hay that has molded and contains heavy mold dust) leads to the onset of this chronic problem. Once a horse has heaves, the horse becomes (basically) useless, as it will cough heavily with any exertion.

The easiest way to help prevent heaves is to feed "clean" hay, hay that is mold and dust free.

(Anyone with horse / vet experience, feel free to correct / add to what I have said)

Nathaniel

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