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Discussion on Nolvasan s & thrush..
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Posted on Thursday, Nov 1, 2001 - 11:00 am:
i have been searching the internet looking for a cure of chronic thrush...
i have a new mare that has a club like hoof with deep thrush in the clef of the frog.. i can pack it all way to the heal bulb.. she was x-rayed before purchase as i was worried about the club like hoof.. nothing was said about the thrush! * UCD...
she has been treated with coppertox, thrush buster, thrush magic... nothing seems to be attacking it...
i have found a source that says to pack it with nolvasan s... but i don't know if i should dilute it first.. and if it will harm the heal bulb or cornet band with run off...
also read to pack the frog with a antibiotic tube for mastitic cows...
any ideas on the above info..
thanks dres
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Posted on Thursday, Nov 1, 2001 - 1:05 pm:
I have a horse with deep thrust also. My farrier gave me suggestions on how to deal with this. First of all, he said that if it is deep, you shouldn't use caustic agents (ie, thrush buster, etc). Secondly, he said it will take about 6 months to completely grow out. With that in mind, it is a long process.
Anyway, he said to use Neosporin mixed with 1% cortisone, which I have also been told is not needed, but if it can't hurt, why not. Anyway, you clean out the cleft, squirt a little 10% bleach 90% water solution in there to make sure it is clean, then squirt the Neosporin in and pack the hole with a cotton ball soaked with the cortisone solution. Seems to be working, as he is no longer painful, and the hole seems clean.
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Posted on Friday, Nov 2, 2001 - 5:46 am:
Hello Ann,
You will find our principles of treating thrush, a problem we frequently deal with at, Equine Diseases: Lameness: Foot and Sole Problems: Thrush. I think you need to understand that a horse with this type foot conformation, severly contracted heels with a closed sulcus, is always at risk for this disease, particularly when the ground is wet.
DrO
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