tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4301767773083788548.post7330559931172330301..comments2024-02-13T20:54:46.748-06:00Comments on North Horse: Blastomycosis, Botulism, Monensin: Things Horse Owners Should Know AboutNorth Horsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13302834439219993527noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4301767773083788548.post-91382464799538787962013-12-02T08:58:39.675-06:002013-12-02T08:58:39.675-06:00I'm so sorry. Thank you for sharing your story...I'm so sorry. Thank you for sharing your story though-- it may help others protect their pets.North Horsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13302834439219993527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4301767773083788548.post-70196138638939691772013-11-26T14:24:50.774-06:002013-11-26T14:24:50.774-06:00Last summer my Lab puppy Kasey died of Blasto. She...Last summer my Lab puppy Kasey died of Blasto. She was 7 months old. We took her into the vet when we saw her acting lethargic and after taking some X-Rays they found odd O shaped masses in her lungs. They took a blasto test and a week later we got the call that she had tested positive and her case was too far along for medication to make a dent in the damage that was done. We had to put her down the next day. Losing her was one of the worst things that has ever happened to me. Blasto is something I hope I never have to mess with again. It was a truley traumatizing experience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4301767773083788548.post-36008519000056741162013-11-25T17:22:34.394-06:002013-11-25T17:22:34.394-06:00Rumensin is pretty common around here. It is well ...Rumensin is pretty common around here. It is well known to kill horses and people are careful with it. I have been lucky never to have had to have it anywhere near my horses.<br />I get so offended, as a rancher/farmer, every time we are accused of pouring antibiotics to the cattle to fatten them. I have never done such a thing and don't know anybody who has, or so I have always said. Apparently I was wrong. Rumensin is occasionally added to cake, cattle feed, think horse cookies for cattle and a yummy snack for horses too, when not containing Rumensin. I had no idea, and don't know that the people I know who have fed it knew, that it was an antibiotic. That was a lot of knows :)<br />The feed mills say that it will help keep the cows fat. It is also said, not by the feed mills, that it will burn up their gut and kill your cattle off quicker. <br />I have never fed it, personally, and never will if it is up to me and not just because of the horses anymore.neversummerhttp://neversummer.nitebreeze.comnoreply@blogger.com