mud fever infection

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my friends mares mud fever is very bad and has become infected. it bleeds everytime we clean it.
we used to treat it with muddy marvel barrier cream but we had a lot of rain recently and it seems to have gotten very bad and infected.
what is THE best thing to treat it with? someone told me just to put blue spray on it, others say tea tree shampoo.
bearing in mind it is very sore and raw.
thanks

 

[AmyMay]

If it’s infected your friend will need antibiotics from the vet, and to keep the mare stabled until the scabs are healed.

After that a good barrier cream, such as udder salve, should be used to protect the legs when being turned out. I would then ensure the legs are gently wiped down each evening and then bandaged to ensure they dry properly over night.

 

[Finlib]

Definitely vet If it is infected you need antibiotics .Be careful you don't have cellulitis develope.I think the vet will also give you an antibiotic cream.
I bought a Arab with bad mud fever got the vet straight out antibiotics and antibiotic cream cleared it up very quickly.
I would get on top of it or it will dog you all winter.

 

[Elf On A Shelf]

Blue spray/Teramycin is the LAST thing you want to be using!

What we do at work is:
Scrub/good rub with warm iodine solution using a towel - this will loosen/remove any scabs that are ready to come off
Dry it with another towel
Apply Equizal cream
Repeat every day until healed and hair growing back

If it's really really bad we do the above then wrap in clingfilm and bandage for the night. It softens all of the scabs and you can take them all of pretty much straight away the next morning. We don't routinely bandage mud fever.

Always make sure the horses legs are dried off and if they have been in the field and are muddy - don't wash the mud off. Leave it to dry itself as the wet and damp won't be down to the skin.

 

[Summit]

Cling film and bandaging overnight will soften the scabs. I use pig oil as a barrier on clean dry legs

 

[Landcruiser]

Vet. Antibiotics. Don't delay, cellulitis is a real possibility. Once back under control, I find baby oil with flowers of sulphur to be a very effective treatment/prevention, applied liberally every 2/3 days.

 

[Gloi]

Flamazine from the vet is good.