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Discussion on Scratches
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Member:
npo33901
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Posted on Tuesday, Mar 22, 2016 - 6:24 pm:
Can scretches cause fever ?
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DrO
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Posted on Tuesday, Mar 22, 2016 - 7:00 pm:
Hello Anna,
I have seen some cases of superficial bacterial dermatitis, scratches, that have developed into a cellulitis, (generalized swelling, pain, heat) that was associated with a fever. But scabbing, even pretty severe scabbing without signs of cellulitis are not usually associated with a fever.
DrO
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lsweeney
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Posted on Tuesday, Mar 22, 2016 - 7:32 pm:
My horse had what I'm going to call creeping crud on the pastern that started to move into the coronet band. I thought it was something that was going to go away when the weather warmed up, but I got serious about it when it looked like it was starting to impact the hoof. I had been given various ointments, some tea oil from the vet I recall. However, this was the final solution that worked: Betadine scrub, remove any scabs, anti-bacterial ointment, an antiseptic ointment, and finally, Desitin or Zinc oxide ointment lathered on top.
So fast forward a year. I take the horses to the coast. (We do this every year.) They splash around in this water that was kind of half fresh, half close to the ocean. OMG!!! All three horses come back with the same crap. The horse with the original problem had swollen, itchy, inflamed skin from her coronet band up to her belly - all 4 legs, except for the patch that I had been treating with the concoction above. She was the oldest and gets rain rot every year. I'm thinking that this is where her small patch came from - our visit to the coast last year. The middle-aged horse had it up and own her back legs. The youngest horse was itching, but I bet had a better immune system so wasn't as impacted. And to make a VERY long story short, yes, the horse that was most infected by whatever this was, clearly was fighting it off with a fever. I found generic desitin and she wore it from head to toe.
I also learned that two other horses came back from the same coastal adventure with the same skin infection.
I have also had my two Friesians run fevers with hoof abscesses which I believe isn't that common.
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dres
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Posted on Wednesday, Mar 23, 2016 - 4:36 pm:
wow Laurie , i have found with my sensitive red horse that Desitin is the best thing since baled alfalfa ..... . she has a white blaze that i keep white with desitin ( prevents sunburn ) she gets a form of rain rot , all tho lives inside the barn , around her face and desitin to the rescue ....
Great stuff ..
On the first day God created horses , on the second day he painted them with spots ..
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lsweeney
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Posted on Wednesday, Mar 23, 2016 - 6:23 pm:
Funny, the mare I have been talking about is a chestnut with a white blaze and 4 white socks.
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