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My friend has a 15hh coloured cob who came in from the field lame last saturday. He had a swollen fore leg from below the knee. warm but not really hot.

She was advised to box rest him (i agreed with this).

A day or so later he had his feather clipped off and underneath in his heal was deep lesions and thick scabs.

I treated the heals with a very good mud fever product (i swear by it, my mare can suffer very badly but due to this she has not had any!!)

The YO insists it's a pulled tendon/ligament.

I am 99% sure it's infected mud fever.

The swelling has gone down but not gone completely, he is not so lame now. They have been putting an ice boot on twice a day and i have been treating the mud fever everyday.

YO says not mud fever but only cob scabby heel.

Please what do you think is wrong with him (i'm being faught on what i think it is and my advise to call the vet has fallen on deaf ears!!!)

Very frustrating!!!

Please help!

Thanks xxx
 
if it was a pulled tendon or ligament it would not be better in a matter of days i woulnt have thought....
Mud fever can cause the legs to swell and be really uncomfortable for them
Without seeing it i think im with you on this one
 
Hmm, yes mud fever or some kind of localised infection does sound more likely, but hard to say for sure. As long as he's not worked in the meantime, you're doing everything right. You could try cleaning, drying then bandaging his legs to get swelling down?
 
Most likely is mud fever if lesions were deep, as it can get infected and cause swelling. If you have got the scabs off and the horse is in then leave the area open to the air, without cream. The bacteria are anaerobic and are killed off with exposure to air, hence needing to remove the scabs. Keep it clean and regularly remove scabs.
To be on the safe side you should not rule out a tendon injury though. Dont cold hose as if it is mud fever then wetting the leg wont help but use a decent cold boot regularly throughout the day for 20 minutes at a time.
 
as you said i would say it is infected mud fever and if you would reccomend what you are using on the leg to someone else i would keep usong it for a couple of weeks and see how you go
 
Are the thick lesions like the shape of corrugated sheets, if so then I would say for definate it is feather mites, and the lesions is where its been that itchy they have rubbed their leg on something. I had a loan horse with this and I had him injected every 6 months for mites. Also took his feathers off in warmer weather. Best person to speak to would be ezme on here as she works with heavy horses and all their fine feathers.
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ETA sorry read post to quickly,you said around the heel then I would say mud fever, try not to wet it to often, I used on my mare just the mud fever disinfectant, hibiscrub and sudocrem and it cleared it up lovely.
 
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