Equine Influenza & older horses

Hi
Have just been catching up on your blog site as I have found it useful for collecting informtion and seeing how everyone else is coping with the EI.
We contracted in early on from Narrabri campdraft and all the horses we had out there that weekend came down with it within the 7 days - it varied in symptons from horse to horse and time ill with it also. Age didnt seem to matter our 4yo was ill for over 21 days but the 5yo only for 7-10 days. We had 2 horses at home ( 2yo & 31yo) and even though they've had contact over the fence before we knew the others had it and during the others being sick (in error) they have only shown slight symptons- the 31yo has coped really well- just a slightly runny nose.

So to all those that are worried about your oldies - I feel that if they are fairly healthy and you keep the stress to a minimum chances are it will be all okay. He has just been grazing in his paddock with his young companion not even receiving extra feed. Some of our working horses have taken over 28 days to have clear noses, but none of them have suffered adversely it seems. Good luck to everyone in your fight against this.
Jenny