Mud fever spreading

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After three vet visits ,various treatments, my boys mud fever has now spread right up his leg. I am so depressed as it has been a real slog treating it so far and I thought I was getting somewhere and I feel so sorry for him. waiting fourth vet visit now !
 
Have you tried a barrier cream? Flowers of sulphur from the garden centre mixed with lard is what we used to use as a barrier on our horses legs and it was very effective (but messy).
 
Get the legs scrubbed with hibiscrub, scabs off and everything bone dry. Then puff on lots of Keratex mud fever powder, make sure you pull up the fur so the powder can get to the skin. Leave overnight, repowder and slap loads of udder cream on top to above the height of the mud fever. I've had the dratted stuff spread literally overnight, but this combination works better than anything else I've tried.
 
well.... iv not had is as bad as up the legs but what i found worked was hibbiscrubing towel dring and bandaging nappies on to the affected area then massaging in flamazine cream which u get from vet or doctor i think keep them out of deep mud where pos untill healed then apply some sort of waterproof barria cream to go out with... good luck
 
I just found a cheap cure for this my horse had it on one leg I decided as it is a fungal infection so thought I'd try Athletes Foot Spray! I am not kidding it is all cleared up within a week or so! I would try this before spending thousands on the vet. I am so chuffed! Best £3.50 I have spent
 
PS making it wet and washing it with Hibi is the worse thing you can do if you don't dry it properly it then stays wet a great breeding ground for fungal skin infections!
 
If the scabs come off with the hair and it is all red and weepy sores like cracks? I researched it and it said it was bacterial and fungal worked for me!
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Vet been again, sedated and clipped off a lot of hair,leg looks a lot worse than i thought it was, both sides of cannon covered. Recommended vaseline to soften scabs, then wash once a day! i have downloaded some stuff off a vet website, which says to use clingfilm, also to use neat hibiscrub! Thought this was a definite no no as v strong. Vet also said antibiotics wouldnt help, but previous vet said it would! Got huge vet bill today and still not getting any better.
 
I was where you are last year, at my wits end and it sooo got me down. My mare had it almost up to her elbows, thick black scabs that were hard to penetrate. I spent a fortune on this and that before getting the vet. She prescribed flamazine cream, expensive, but well worth it, it has silver in it. At the vets it was £50 for a big tub but i found it on the net for £34 and the vets matched the price. This was my routine. washed legs with diluted hibiscrub and dry very throughly. Rub in the flamazine working it well in, then i wrapped in clingfilm and wrapped in stable bandages as far up as needed. They were always loose next morning though. I was turning her out if it was dry next morning with the clingfilm removed but a bit more flamazine and bandages back on. I washed and dried every other day then rubbed in udder cream to work loose the scabs before more flamazine. Once i had penetrated the scabs i was left with very pink sore looking skin, i stopped with the clingfilm and bandges but continued with the flamazine more spareingly until they looked less angry and hair started to grow back. I used 2 and a half tubs of cream, and two tubs of udder cream, but she had it on all 4 legs. However, it was well worth the money for my sanity, i would have paid anything to get rid of it. I saw improvement very quickly. She had not had it before, it started late summer, no mud!!! So far so good this year. Hope this helps, PM me if i can help further.
 
We find HoneyHeal brilliant for mudfever, extremely sticky so it stays where it is put and forms a great barrier! It says it has a lot of zinc oxide which my vet tells me is really good for the skin and general healing. think their website is www.red-horse.co.uk
 
if you are willing to try a can of spray on one bit just to see if it works it will save you all this hassle! With fungal/bacterial infections they tend to spread like wildfire if you don't catch them early, When my horse got it she was in a dry dusty paddock no mud anywhere I think she maybe got it from her bedding when it gets damp. I wish I'd took pics now to prove how fast it cleared up :/
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolnaftate this is the ingredient used for conditions such as ringworm and rainrot. Which the spray contains.

Treating certain fungal infections, such as athlete's foot, jock itch, and ringworm. It may also be used for other conditions as determined by your doctor.

Tinactin Cream is an antifungal. It works by blocking the growth of fungi that cause skin infections.

Other people have also had success
Re: Anyone know "Sure Cure" Mud Fever stuff? Website? [Re: amc2]
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I've had great results using Tinactin! You can buy it any drugstore, walmart, etc. It's for athletes foot. It's an anti-fungal powder.

I had a horse with the worst mud fever. The vet came and gave us a few things to try but the Tinactin worked best! Same as amc2 said. Pick the scabs off gently, wash it, dry it and put the Tinactin on! Worked well for me anyway!

Good luck!
 
I 2nd Tinactin. I was fighting it for months (used Zinc and then a cream from my vet) and had pretty much gotten rid of most of it except for one spot that wouldn't go away until someone at my barn suggested Tinactin, literally cleared up over night and hasn't come back.


TINACTIN WORKS!!! smile


just make sure you gently brush the scabs off as it heals get it right into the sores and cracks horse might stamp a bit but it will go off.
 
I have done all recommended, turned out, horse immediately rolled, got mud on leg. dragged him in, did everything again and turned out with protective boot on! Leg oozing pus every day, which is worrying me.
Dont want to leave him in too much as he has arthritis and gets so stiff when in. Come home for a rest then back to do it all again. No time to ride other horse !
 
sorry to say BUT you need to place you neddie onto concrete yard so horse can go out and walk about.........

And yes antiboicies will work, but you need time and clean leg for it to work - And good of fashion clean air........

If not, i'm sorry to say lots of in hand walking and if old boy defo give something for arthritis, cos if you don't stop cycle it will just get worst..............
 
Mud fever is caused by a bacteria called Dermatophilus. So yes antibiotics should help.

One of the recommended treatments to us at vet school was, pick off the scabs (gently! if they are well cemented use fuciderm gel or something similar to soften them prior to picking) and then use Coatex shampoo or Malaseb will also work (although Coatex is better, according to our specialist lecturer) It is actually a cat/dog skin shampoo, however it contains anti bacterial, anti fungal and other medical agents whcih help dramatically with skin infections.
You can get it here:
http://www.vetuk.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=6&products_id=44

Or direct from your vets. If your vets are giving shots of ivermectin or anything then they are treating it for leg mites etc not mud fever, so just make sure that it is the right stuff that you are being given.

Hope this helps. clipping the legs as short as possible, barrier cream/udder cream etc helps to keep the mud off, but remember it will also trap whatever is on/in the legs in! So maybe keep the horse on dry (preferably mud free) ground for a bit until the mud fever has healed, and then barrier cream the legs when turning out.

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good luck! it is a very infuriating thing to treat as sometimes it just will not respond and its a long drawn out process (as you are obviously finding!)
 
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