Quote Originally Posted by chrisv View Post
I, for one, am eager to hear how this works out and with the OP luck with the treatment.

Last month I had a BP in at the UNC school of veterinary medicine's exotics clinic for a RI. The vet told me that there are many cases when a trachea wash and culture is not practical and that he is not at all opposed to exploratory treatment with broad spectrum antibiotics. He explained that with 30 days of this treatment the majority of RIs will resolve.
At least the "high horses" comment was edited out!