Animalintex to cure thrush

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I’ve been using baktakill for my horses thrush as recommended by my farrier. I’ve used it for 3 days so far but it seems to be making my horses frog a mess. However the thrush seems to be getting better but his frog has cracked and has deep cracks down the wall of his frog. So im concerned this will create more areas for the thrush to develop. I have been reading that Animalintex can be used to help clear thrush. And when I think about it makes sense. I was just wondering if anyone has used Animalintex to clear thrush and if it worked and how long it took.

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Ouch, I think I would stop using baktakil :(

Not sure whats active in animalintex, but I would be worried it would encourage anaerobic bacteria to thrive. I've always successfully treated thrush with purple spray or tea tree oil in water, and made sure the horse has as clean a bed as possible and can stand in the dry.
 
animalintex will keep the hoof warm and maybe moist so the thrush will thrive. this is what i did: brought my boy in scrubbed his hoof with water and dettol dried it all out properly wth a towel then made a big dry straw bed bought some alamicin (can be bought from vet) and kept him in for a week as the fields were way too wet and boggy so wasnt helping keep the hoof dry to kill the thrush hope this helps :)
 
Sudocrem is good as is canestan ( human thrush cream) and blue ( or purple ) spray .
If you have cracks I would wash with hibiscrub or salt and water or cider vinegar dry give a good spray with blue spray when you bring him in then apply sudocrem pushing well into the cracks before he goes out.
 
Naturally said:
Ouch, I think I would stop using baktakil :(

Not sure whats active in animalintex, but I would be worried it would encourage anaerobic bacteria to thrive. I've always successfully treated thrush with purple spray or tea tree oil in water, and made sure the horse has as clean a bed as possible and can stand in the dry.
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This, I bought 10mls of teatree oil off ebay for £1.50 put it in a empty washed out spray pump top it up with water and then put a tiny drop of washing up liquid to combine the two :) and it works a treat on thrush. I spray it directly onto the frog and also put it on a cotton bud so I can work it into the cracks.
 
lincolnlady said:
animalintex will keep the hoof warm and maybe moist so the thrush will thrive
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see i thought this but then i read that Animalintex draws out infections so i dont know. He has also got a sheered heel due to the thrush infection. Is thrush an underlying condition ?. I have had my horse for about a year and this happend just a few months after. He get his feet picked out twice a day. He isnt the cleanest in his stable which i know dosent help. i cant help but feel that it is my fault. Its just a never ending battle.
 
It us absolutely not your fault, my horse has permanent thrush when the ground is wet I get so depressed about it. When he comes in I pick out his feet, scrub the frogs and syringe water into it and make sure it is spotless with no traces of mud, I then dry it, pack it with cotton wool for 30 mins or so, take the cotton wool out, make sure it is dry and either paint it with Kevin Bacon hoof disinfectant (about £15 a small tin. Either that or syringe iodine into the cracks, once the dry weather comes I congratulate myself on clearing it up, as soon as it rains, Inhave to start all over again. When the farrier comes he cuts away a lit if the frog so I can get the iodine right into it, I don't think I will ever cure it unless I move him to the dessert but I try to keep on top of it. Have neve heard of animalintax before but it will keep the area moist and no air will get to the thrush which thrives I warm moist conditions, I will definitely try the Sudocream.
 
Sudocrem works and doesn't damage tissue.

Otherwise Red Horse products are good.

You need a mixture of bacterial and fungal treating topicals that doesn't damage the living tissue.
 
Piglet said:
It us absolutely not your fault, my horse has permanent thrush when the ground is wet I get so depressed about it. When he comes in I pick out his feet, scrub the frogs and syringe water into it and make sure it is spotless with no traces of mud, I then dry it, pack it with cotton wool for 30 mins or so, take the cotton wool out, make sure it is dry and either paint it with Kevin Bacon hoof disinfectant (about £15 a small tin. Either that or syringe iodine into the cracks, once the dry weather comes I congratulate myself on clearing it up, as soon as it rains, Inhave to start all over again. When the farrier comes he cuts away a lit if the frog so I can get the iodine right into it, I don't think I will ever cure it unless I move him to the dessert but I try to keep on top of it. Have neve heard of animalintax before but it will keep the area moist and no air will get to the thrush which thrives I warm moist conditions, I will definitely try the Sudocream.
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Piglet do you live near a beach ?
Because my trimmer says a trip to the beach is great for helping with thrush the sand rubs of any raggy bits of frog because it's abrasive and the sea is of great for anything like that.
We got on this subject because he was remarking that my horses have great frogs like we lived on the beach we think it's because my school is coarse silica sand ( with rubber and fibre) and this is giving the same effect.
 
My mare had thrush when I bought her and for 8 years after.....I tried all sorts of lotions and potions on her, until a vet told me to use an iodine solution, squirted with a syringe into the cracked frog (hers went really deep). Wait for the iodine to dry and then spray with alamycin (sp!?).

After about a month, it cleared completely, and has been clear for about 3 years!

I don't know if it is coincidence, but I also cut out all cereals and nuts. She now only has fast fibre and happy hoof....
 
My cob has had thrush over a year now will be watching this thread.It is driving me mad you can put hoof pick into deep holes along heel and in the frog have triedveverything:mad:
 
I used peroxide and then in-between I used the spray we have for foot fit on the sheep, I don't think normal purple spray is enough. It's bright blue and called Engemycin or something like that!
 
Goldenstar said:
Piglet do you live near a beach ?
Because my trimmer says a trip to the beach is great for helping with thrush the sand rubs of any raggy bits of frog because it's abrasive and the sea is of great for anything like that.
We got on this subject because he was remarking that my horses have great frogs like we lived on the beach we think it's because my school is coarse silica sand ( with rubber and fibre) and this is giving the same effect.
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I do live on a sea estuary and when the tide is up to the wall, I let him paddle, it is very stoney though and if I go too far our then we would be up to our necks in mud. I s'pose th next best thing would be to wash his frogs in very strong salt water solution and maybe put salt into the thrush may work? It would certainly be a much cheaper option than the Kevin Bacon Hoof Disinfectant, I have tried the Purple Master hoof spray to no avail, - oh well hopefully we are now in May and with summer around the corner :rolleyes: :rolleyes: maybe a few months of reprieve when the fields dry out? :eek::eek:
 
Change of diet and sudocreme covered cotton wool balls is finally clearing up my boys long term thrush. I too thought I was never going to win, but the end is now in sight!
 
NickyS said:
He has also got a sheered heel due to the thrush infection. Is thrush an underlying condition ?
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The sequence of events is usually the other way round. An unbalanced/unsupported heel leads to them shearing, which creates a fissure where thrush can thrive. The key to management is getting the back of the foot properly balanced. In terms of getting rid of the thrush itself then the key is dryness, so any topical agent that will do this will work. Tea tree oil will work. My personal preference is iodine but it is just a preference. Alamycin spray will work as a drying agent as well but is an irresponsible use of antibiotic in my opinion.
 
patterdale said:
I used peroxide and then in-between I used the spray we have for foot fit on the sheep, I don't think normal purple spray is enough. It's bright blue and called Engemycin or something like that!
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It's Terramycin which is supplied by the vet - meant only to be used for sheep and cattle, but excellent on horses' feet.
 
We always had Terramycin and still do, but there's this new one now called Engemycin, same thing but different ingredient and we have that as well.

Lol I use all the farm stuff on the horses, plenty penicillin to jag them with if they get cut and multivitamins etc. Strictly off record of course....! ;) saves a fortune on the vet though!
 
I was told to "lime sock" when my boy had a mild case of thrush. Put some powdered chalk in a sock and gently bash around the frog area. I ditched the sock as had some damp clumps of chalk that i just rubbed in around the frog. Apparently its the ph balance that is wrong, to acidic i think. Sorted the problem out very quickly for him.
 
NickyS said:
see i thought this but then i read that Animalintex draws out infections so i dont know. He has also got a sheered heel due to the thrush infection.
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Animalintex draws because of a) heat and b) epsom salts which draw water.

The optimal conditions you need to create in order to win your battle with thrush are a clean, dry, well ventilated frog. I can't see how Animalintex is going to help you there.

I also doubt the thrust has caused the sheared heel; a sheared heel is a result of bigger foot problems. And don't worry, thrush is a bit like our lady bits thrush; it doesn't just occur as a result of poor management ;)

The reason I suggested tea tree oil and water (in a spray bottle as someone else also said) is because it is anti bacterial and anti fungal, but the water will evaporate off leaving behind the tea tree oil, without further drying out the frog. I think if you've got deep cracks you need to avoid further drying out your horse's frogs because it could make it worse.

Have you talked this over with your vet?
 
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