What is the Treatment for EI?
• There is no specific treatment other than rest and supportive treatment for the fever and cough. • Horses that are worked or stressed while sick or during recovery may develop secondary bacterial bronchitis or bronchopneumonia and die. • Horses should be rested for at least one week for every day of coughing eg. if the horse coughs for 5 days, rest it for 5 weeks.
