Any advice for treatment of ringworm

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The horse that I have just bought recently came over from Ireland and unfortunately had ringworm - been treated but left with bald patch! any suggestions for keeping the ringworm at bay thanks
 
When our horse had it we got some solution from the vet, cant remember its name, and you mixed it with water. The horse had to have it sponged all over her to kill it off. We washed all her rugs, disinfected her stable, washing down the door frames etc. Distinfected her tack and groomin kit and kept everything clean. It did go and we never had it back.
 
malaseb shampoo from the vets. We have also used virkon s on some REALLY bad cases but beware as some horses can get a reaction to this. Household bleach and also sunlight kills it so all tack, numnahs and rugs etc should be washed with a bit of bleach and dried outdoors. Scrub and wood in the stables hard!
 
Imaverol from the vets :)

But tbh it only stopped it from spreading so much didnt clear up any quicker than it did on the pony that wasnt treated for it!
 
more than 3 rworm spots up to covering body stericelle spray as a shampoo and brush off the next day or Lamasil cream directly to the spots, also squeeze spots and remove the pus then they will start to heal. Bear in mind rworm lies dormant in wood so if you have a horse with rworm in a wooden box be assured the next horse you put in that box might get rworm so try and disinfect the box with virkon when the infected horse leaves the box for good. Yes the sun is also a brilliant killer of the rworm.
 
You can disinfect things with boiling water, I didn't want to bleach my horse's feed skips etc after I treated her ringworm.
 
to be honest if it has been treated there might not be the need to do anything. If the bald patches are dry and not flaky, and no new spots have appeared for say a week, then it is pretty much gone. It's just a case of waiting for the hair to regrow.

If the bald spots are flaky, then this means the ringworm is still able to be contracted from the spores on the flaking skin. If this is the case then follow the advice given.
 
:) his ringworm has been treated but unfortunately the worst areas are on his face and I am now just waiting for the hair to grow back. Apparently this is quite common in horses coming over from Ireland. The livery yard obviously freaked out at the thought of an infected horse coming to them but have shown photos and reports so hopefully we will be allowed to take him there soon - thanks
 
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