Anhidrosis (Lack of Sweating / Impaired Thermoregulation)

Veterinary care required

This condition belongs in veterinary diagnosis and treatment. Compounds are at most supportive.

Priority · vet & management

Veterinary clarification of thermoregulation and heat management come first: adapt load to time of day/climate, shade, ventilation and active cooling. Compounds are only adjunctive.

Possible causes

• · persistent heat and humidity load (change of climate)
• · overstimulation of the sweat glands
• · individual predisposition
• · accompanying electrolyte shifts

Supportive compounds · supplementary feed, not medication

Prevention

In heat periods reduce load and move it to cooler times of day, ensure shade, air movement and active cooling and observe sweat formation.

Equiterna's take

Equiterna assigns anhidrosis to heat and climate management: when cooling via sweat is lacking, every load in warmth becomes a risk (see heatstroke). The work-up belongs in veterinary hands.