Mud Fever supplements

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Do they work or help at all, or just another thing aimed to make you spend money?
Also, would they work on a horse already suffering from mud fever, or are they just an aid to prevention? Thanks!
 
Prevention is better than cure! my horse suffered terribly last summer! so he now has a touch of muddy buddy on each white pastern/heel and he hasn't had it since.. hibi scrub is a good way of getting rid. pm me you need more mud fever advice.
 
MSM is the primary ingredient of most mud fever supplements - this is very good for the skin, so I'd say yes, they work as a prevention. My horse got mud fever last year, but so far *touches wood* has been clear this year - I put him on an all round supplement which included MSM, so this may have helped. I also put him on micronised linseed, which is also very good for the skin.

It wouldn't work immediately on a horse that already had mud fever, though. And once a horse has had it once, it's much more susceptible to getting it again. I'd say that the supplements are most effective when they've had a long period of mudlessness to really build up the horse's resistances.

Hope that helps :)
 
Thanks.
My new lad has just come up with it, he's got little scabs just above the top of his hoof, and one larger scab which was hidden under a lump of dried mud I brushed off, which was on his pastern. I have covered the areas in Udder cream, but obviously would like to do anything to prevent this getting worse, and to heal it. My lad lives out 24/7. Am I doing the right thing? Am reluctant to use hibiscrub etc yet as dont want to get his legs wet!
 
Hi,

My horse recently had quite bad mud fever, first horse I've ever had with it. I bought the keretex mud powder....it is amazing really has helped her. All the scabs have gone and nice new white hair has grown back. I have also put her onto Brewers Yeast (quite cheap!) as this is meant to really help their skin and coat condition. I think this has also played a huge role. Now I apply the powder every morning before she goes out and there is no sign of any return even though now her field is a lot wetter and muddier!

Hope this helps!
 
KVH said:
Thanks.
My new lad has just come up with it, he's got little scabs just above the top of his hoof, and one larger scab which was hidden under a lump of dried mud I brushed off, which was on his pastern. I have covered the areas in Udder cream, but obviously would like to do anything to prevent this getting worse, and to heal it. My lad lives out 24/7. Am I doing the right thing? Am reluctant to use hibiscrub etc yet as dont want to get his legs wet!
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There are many schools of thought about treating mud fever :p. Personally, I kept my horse in as the field was a swamp, hibiscrubbed and treated with fuciderm. As your horse lives out, though, I'd say its prob best not to wash the legs, and to keep them as dry as poss. If you can get a flammazine cream or similar from your vet, this will help. Once it's healed, I found a barrier cream such as the muddy marvel one worked well at keeping furthur bouts away until the field dried up.
 
Thanks :)
Yes have heard differing advice-generally what one person advises completely contradicts another! :rolleyes:
 
My hairy lad had a couple of mud fever scabs last year when I bought him, and it took pretty much til the middle of the spring before they cleared up (I really didn't want to clip his feather out).
This year I put him on Global Herbs MUD-X feed supplement and used pig oil and sulfur topically from October, and it seems to have done the trick - no scabs! whether it was the pig oil/sulfur or the MUD-X I don't know, but I'll stick with both!
 
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