mud fever that won't heal

I have always treated mud fever with uddercream, but Zaanif had it really bad for ages so i decided tactics had to be changed, i polticed three days running , gently spongeing in the morning with salty warm water then leaveing to air dry and applying wound powder. it cleared up pretty much in a week , there are still scabs but its getting better and is dry and healthy looking. A good friend told me never to use barrier creams once they have mud fever as it just traps the bateria in.
 
Yes Tallyho, I'm certainly going to look into it, but just to say my mare hasn't had any steroids or anti-biotics for anything - not since I've had her anyway. Thanks for your advice.
 
Stop hibiscrubbing would be the first thing I would say :)

What did was get antiBs from the vets and just remove the mud from her legs give he the antiBs and take a pot of pink udder cream or similar (gold label I think makes it..) to vets and ask them to add some steroids to it and slather that on, its water resistant but comes off with soap and water and a good hard scrub.

Eowyn had hers for about 16 weeks and finally its clearing up. it has helped that she has been on box rest for 3 weeks odd but i even had it in the stables as it was virulent and had taken a good hold.

I have also been usin sudocream but that stuff is murder to get off specially if you have a horse with feathers!!

Nikki xxx :)
 
I always treat my boy with Aromaheel at the first signs of any scabs...its absolutely brilliant stuff and all 'natural' apparently. Not too expensive and very easy - just keep applying and the scabs soften and come away, leaving new skin underneath, keep applying and it stimulates hair growth. Brilliant!
 
Faracat said:
The New Scientist will tell all. :)

http://www.newscientist.com/search?doSearch=true&query=homeopathy
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Didn't know you were a scientists faracat?

No, it will not tell all, all it will tell is that modern medicine will one day be the death of us. Or maybe placebo pills......................................

All those articles are by registrars trying to finish a degree in medicine. I was one once. Homeopathy is the easiest way to do that just like a psychology student trying to get a masters using marijuana useage in students. All those studies look at surrogate endpoints - none qoute any real endpoint data whatsoever. The NHS have to use homeopathy/physiotherapy/diet & exercise/kinesiolgy and other such "crap" because they cannot deny it works. Budgets may be reduced nowadays but never cut completely. Some pts can't tolerate many drugs... I wonder why?

Absolute bellends. No one can afford a multimillion pound, 80,000 subject, muticentered, double-blind study to prove otherwise. So you're stuck with experience.

Look, use it and then come back and tell all comparing it to your modern drugs and tabulate the side effects.

I'm not saying modern meds don't have a place, I work for pharma and believe science helps but for crying out loud, MF is a skin condition and that is it. It needs proper nutrition and a balance of minerals which homeopathy helps with enormously.
 
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NiknKia said:
I was told ny several vets that its a bacterial problem that attacks the skin almosty but not quite like dermatitis???

So why does feeding come into play???

Nikki xxx:)
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Yes it is a bacterial skin condition so ask yourself why does bacteria infect the skin in the first place?

Why do people get impetigo?

Why do you get psoriasis? Carbuncles? etc

Skin integrity is weak.

Not enough iron, zinc, vit e, vit d, vit a, magnesium, phosphorous........................

why do some horses get MF and some don't????

It's the constitution of that skn, that person. What you eat is what you are. Feed is where most horses get nutrition and sometimes you just don't get it right, doesn't mean you can't get it right. The horse needs a bit of help and that's all I'm doing here is sharing some experience but if you just want to carry on buying creams and calling the vet, up to you. The question was asked and HHO people try and help.

That is all.

I thank you.
 
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tallyho! said:
Yes it is a bacterial skin condition so ask yourself why does bacteria infect the skin in the first place?

Why do people get impetigo?

Why do you get psoriasis? Carbuncles? etc

Skin integrity is weak.

Not enough iron, zinc, vit e, vit d, vit a, magnesium, phosphorous........................

why do some horses get MF and some don't????

It's the constitution of that skn, that person. What you eat is what you are. Feed is where most horses get nutrition and sometimes you just don't get it right, doesn't mean you can't get it right. The horse needs a bit of help and that's all I'm doing here is sharing some experience but if you just want to carry on buying creams and calling the vet, up to you. The question was asked and HHO people try and help.

That is all.

I thank you.
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Wow chill pill much :rolleyes: it was a genuine question and when people ask questions and get attitude like that then they are not likely to take your info.

So if my mare is getting a full complement of vits and mins via correct app of a supp and my gelding gets the same thing on the same grazing how does that come into play??

Oh and hold off on the sass next time ;)

Nikki xxx
 
NiknKia said:
Wow chill pill much :rolleyes: it was a genuine question and when people ask questions and get attitude like that then they are not likely to take your info.

So if my mare is getting a full complement of vits and mins via correct app of a supp and my gelding gets the same thing on the same grazing how does that come into play??

Oh and hold off on the sass next time ;)

Nikki xxx
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Thanks for the chill pill. I wasn't giving it much attitude, just trying to get my point across. What is sass?

Back to your mare.... how do you know she's getting enough and not too much? how do you know it's correct? horses do get toxic on some supplements these days as feed companies try and sell products. A horses liver can't actually take very much certain vits and store it up. how do you measure it?
 
tallyho! said:
Thanks for the chill pill. I wasn't giving it much attitude, just trying to get my point across. What is sass?

Back to your mare.... how do you know she's getting enough and not too much? how do you know it's correct? horses do get toxic on some supplements these days as feed companies try and sell products. A horses liver can't actually take very much certain vits and store it up. how do you measure it?
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Meaure it on current weight, diet, type and work load. Did also think about getting a soil sample done and test from there but seemed pintless when i spoke with the nuitritonist people at several independant companies :)

Nikki xxx
 
I an no expert but I have just read on another site......

A lady had a horse with really bad mud fever turned out he was allergic to alfalfa. She stopped feeding him Hifi Lite (as alfala is in there) and he has never had a problem again. Might be worth researching?????????????

If it looks like I am having problems I cover legs in Udder Cream, seems to be a brill barrier.

Hope it helps.

x
 
I'm another who tried everything over the years with different horses suffering varying degrees of MF. We are on clay so it's a neverending problem.

The one thing i've found which seems to work better than everything else is Sulphur Powder. You can get it from the garden centre for £3. Just apply after wiping the worst of the mud off. Don't mix it with anything, just use it like talc.
 
Really intersting debate on this tricky condition (mud fever)

I too am wrestling with a stubborn case and would like to explore how I can boost horses own defences (once I've finished tying this I am off to research herbs). Bit surprised a company has not taken the initiative in producing a herbal supplement with the herbs mentioned above.

In terms of salves my vet recommends mixing; 500g udder cream, 15g hydrocortizone (available from chemist) and 1 sachet of trimediazine (antibiotic powder) - for use on stubborn skin conditions.

Good luck all fellow mud fever gladiators
 
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