'Cannon Crud' - or greasy shins

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Nice name! My mare has white legs with pink skin and the last two years has started to produce a lot of grease on her hind cannon bones which is impossible to remove, and when you try to, the hair falls out. If you leave it, it turns grey and dirty - looks awful. I looked it up on the net last year and found an American site that gave it the name above. It only happens in summer/sunshine - perhaps some sort of photosensitivity?

Does anyone else's horse get this, and if so, how do you deal with it? Hve tried shampoo, hibiscrub, brushing etc.

Particular nuisance at the moment, as if you have read my other post, you'll know she's handed her sick note in and is on box rest, needing cold hosing and bandaging (I'm only doing this at night to make sure legs get air and are dry).

 

[cyearsley]

My boy gets this and will be really interested to see what responses you get back. When he did a tendon a couple of years ago, he had two weeks where he was in a spa every other day and still it didn't shift it. Never knew what it was or what it was called so will watch this thread with interest! Sorry am not much use to you though!

 

[connie1288]

My mare gets this, interestingly only in winter when she has her winter coat though. In the summer it isnt a problem, if i can prevent it from building up, at the end of the summer it wont come back. ATM i am just waiting for winter coat to come out and take it with it!!

 

[Keltic]

My TB gets this I use Ring O Cide shampoo, it sorts it out very well just needs a couple of washes and usually clears up. I use a water brush and give the legs a good scrub with the shampoo then rinse off.

 

[silverbreeze]

I think it is also known as Seborrhea and there are over the counter treatments you can buy i.e. cradle cap shampoo etc as humans suffer from it too in a variety of places! Google it and loads of stuff comes up

 

[lisak]

Mine gets it too. I'm glad hes not alone on this! he too has white legs, pink skin but has it also on the brown leg too. I usually give it a good scub with tesco value shampoo. I would say mine has it all year round, not seasonal.
I too will be keeping an eye on this thread!

 

[connie1288]

I have just removed all of my mares with an oster curry comb, all nice and white now!!

 

[jojoebony]

One of the members on here (Theresa) gave me a remedy for a sulphur/tea tree oil cream to try on my boy who'd had this problem for quite some time and the vet couldn't clear it.
I can't remember exactly how long I used it but it wasn't long and it cleared up - his happened during the summer so will have to wait and see if it comes back this year.
J

 

[Steeleydan]

Ive seen this loads of times, its like a very greasy scab patch. Oten wonder why they dont get it on front cannon bones, and only seem to get it in winter.
Ive cured it 2 ways.
1) washed and scrubbed it with hibiscrub, rinsed, dried with a towel and clipped it off, just the patch not the whole leg and it grew back nicley.
2) Camarosa lifts it off a treat

 

[sally2008]

Mine occasionally suffers, although strangely it's usually on his ginger leg rather than any of the three white ones.

I treat it as I would for mud fever - apply liquid parafin and leave overnight to loosen the hair and scaley bits, then brush / scratch off the loose, wash with hibiscrub, dry thoroughly then apply rosemary and sulphur cream. Works a treat!

 

[TURBOBERT]

My grey chap gets it in winter. I rub with rubber curry comb when dry and occasionally Hibiscrub. I use an antiseptic cream daily - and it seems to work. I have concluded it is the same bacteria as the one that causes mud fever and rain scald - but I maybe wrong. I dont think boots help either...

 

[Tnavas]

Your horse is getting a fungal infection that attacks the skin causing lymph to exude from the skin - the scabs.

Wash her legs with Nizeral - from the chemist - or a shampoo that contains Ketaconizol.

Dilute in warm water and lather up with a facecloth. Then leave on to dry. Repeat daily till all scabs have gone.

Increasing Copper and Zinc supplementation will also help prevent recurrance.

 

[SunSmile]

My mare gets it all year round on her hind legs! I normally just hibi scrub it and put sudocreme on.