Canker

[MsDaisy]

My Mare has been diagnoised with Canker She has had one set of treatment which consisted of having the canker cut away but it has now grown back..After doing a bit of research on the problem I have found that there is another sort of treatment which is with the use of Maggotts eating away all the dead tissue. Has anyone on here had any experience or know anything about this treatment as I would prefer to try this way rather than cutting her feet up again.
If anyone has any advice on this matter or Canker in general I would be very grateful.
Thanks

 

[xxmariexx]

i had a mare with this years ago, unfortunately i dont think it is something that goes away easily, had my mare for 7 yrs and it never went away, when it first came she spent 6 months having her feet cut away every 2 weeks, no turn out, no mud, no wet bedding, teramacin sprey (sp) everyday, feet cleaned with minimal water with virkin s, dried after, luckliy the yard we were on had a huge foaling box which ment she ate hay/feeds standing on concrete and concrete yard she went in during dry days,after the initial first 6 months she went on to compete and be turned out but in winter feet had a prioty of care above anything else, the key is to keep them dry, and bacteria free, just had of a friend that had her pony put down from it, i noticed she had a pic of pony standing in buckets, i stressed to her this was the worst thing to do, it didnt help and she had to be pts, it is such a pain to manage but mine just turned into a rouitine, as for the maggots i'd never herad of this, plus to keep the maggots in foot you would have to poultice i assume? this again would cause a nice inviroment for the bacteria! also a good farrier, keep frogs as smooth as possible, so you have no gaps for dirt ect to get in!! hope this helps, all the best for your horse, x

 

[Birker2020]

I know it can be caused by an auto immune reaction and it seems that the best way to treat if from what I've read is by surgical debridement of the affected frog and applying caustic substances to this area and wrapping in pressure bandages. They also treat the condition with the steroid prednisolone or any other corticosteroid.