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Post by justpaints on Nov 2, 2014 8:47:19 GMT -5
As an FYI... mastitis cream has penicillin in it and can be bought at a feed store that carries medical supplies for cattle. it may work the same as Special Formula. As an aside, I use it for persistent thrush cases.
Mud fever and rain rot has raised it's ugly head with this weather. Both are essentially the same thing. But as mentioned, you don't know if it's bacteria or fungus so must treat for both.
I wash with a medicated soap. I use a sulfur bar soap. Shave the bits off into hot water to melt it. You can use iodine or various other prepared soaps available. Then I spray with Virkon. Depending on the the severity, I will either put on MTG to help soften the scabs or apply zinc cream. Then I dust with Tintactin. Green Hawk also carries a powder which seems to work as well.
As mud fever is a type of hoof rot, I find applying a thick layer of zinc on the back of the pastern, especially in the creases and heel and dusting the whole leg from knee and hock down, to help prevent mud fever. To help prevent rot, I spray with Virkon along their backs, particularly where water would pool, and dust with Tinactin.
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Post by gotzon on Nov 14, 2014 11:38:05 GMT -5
Last fall my horse got wicked mud fever all the way up his fetlocks, it was really really bad and nothing was working. On the recommendation of my coach, in the spring and this fall I have shaved/clipped his pasterns and bottom of his fetlocks BEFORE it started to get muddy and have had no issues since!! Hurray!! The key is prevention, because once it gets there, its tough to get rid of. In the spring when the snow starts to melt, you should give it a try. As for right now, any suggestion I would give has already been mentioned. The scabs and disease need somewhere to hang onto and if they don't have the hair to hide in, it should help prevent getting it at all. Knock on wood it's worked so far for me!!
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