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Kate Schoenhals is with Oregon State University’s Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine. She says having water and a well-ventilated space are good starts. During a wildfire, it s best not to exercise animals while smoke is in the air. For sustenance, hay moistened with water can help keep horses fed and not agitate their respiratory systems (through dust or other particles that may be already in the hay.)
Kate Schoenhals, Rural Veterinarian instructor, OSU, with Taffy .
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“Probably not the time to be raking your arena or doing a thorough sweep or dust out of the barn because that’s going to stir more airway irritants, advised Schoenhals.