Disinfecting everything after ringworm

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Got treatment from vet to use on horses. But just wondering what you guys recommend to use on everything else? Such as grooming kit, rugs, head collars and the fencing in the field.

Treating the horses today with their first wash. Got to wash them with normal shampoo to get coat clean then wash again with stuff vet gave me (can't remember name). This is going to be a monster task as my 22 month old Clydesdale/Shire x Welsh D baby doesn't even like water. Wish me luck :D d

Do you suggest that I stable over night to keep them warm? They're never usually stabled so really not sure how they'll react. Or is it possible to towel dry? Can I put a rug back on them or should I put them out tonight without to air off? No idea how to go about this.
 
Ask at your local 'farm supplies' for a disinfectant suitable for ringworm spores. You will need to treat everyting that the horses may have come into contact with including stable walls/gates etc. Do you know the source? are there other horses on the yard who may have come in contact. Ringworm is a b**r, we occasionally see it in the cattle towards the end of thw winter, usually on the poor doers. Best cure is time & sunlight.
If you bath your horses don't put them out until completly warm & dry & remenber you will need to re-reug with the cleaned rugs.
 
I used virkon everything was soaked in it ,rugs brushes numahs it was awful six horses ( one horse caught it out hunting ) tack was wiped down with it.
Stables where washed down with it as where the lorry and the trailer the infected horse was washed with imaveron ( think that right ) school and paddock fences where creosoted and all had a course of Fulcin it was three days of back breaking work but we stopped it in its tracks including the horse next to the infected horse who had a huge leg and hock wound who I felt was bound to catch it.
Its a complete pain .
 
Unless you are competing why dont you let the rworm takes its course, just squeeze any spots that come up ready and wash after and apply a topical ointment, disinfect other gear with dettol or tcp or even meths, it will kill the rworm.

Rworm lives in wood so it is better for young uns to get it earlier in life otherwise they could pick it up at anytime in their life. Washing them will not stop the rworm it will only kill what rworm there is.
 
What is the best thing to spray the fencing with? Don't know if this is a silly question or not but should I spray the tree where he itched his bum on quite alot?

Bloody ringworm!!!! :mad:
 
Carlosmum said:
Ask at your local 'farm supplies' for a disinfectant suitable for ringworm spores. You will need to treat everyting that the horses may have come into contact with including stable walls/gates etc. Do you know the source? are there other horses on the yard who may have come in contact. Ringworm is a b**r, we occasionally see it in the cattle towards the end of thw winter, usually on the poor doers. Best cure is time & sunlight.
If you bath your horses don't put them out until completly warm & dry & remenber you will need to re-reug with the cleaned rugs.
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Not 100% but I'm 99.9% sure that it's come from the calves grazing in a paddock next to my horses. They're covered in it and I know for certain that 2 of my horses have had contact with them. I have put up an electric fencing barrier now so that the horses can't get anywhere near the cattle.
 
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