Ringworm, some owners not bothered - how will it ever clear up?

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My horse is grazed out 24/7 all year round.

Due to a new horse being mixed straight in with the herd and moved around various fields 90% of horses now have ringworm at my yard.

Only 50% of the owners are treating their horses for this and so far my boy hasn't had it due to all the preventative measures i'm taking with special shampoo's and sprays etc.

The YO won't treat the other 50% of horses as there are too many, and many owners come down once in a blue moon.

How will it ever clear up if there are horses left untreated, who then reinfect and the vicious circle starts again?
 
CobSunshine said:
My horse is grazed out 24/7 all year round.

Due to a new horse being mixed straight in with the herd and moved around various fields 90% of horses now have ringworm at my yard.

Only 50% of the owners are treating their horses for this and so far my boy hasn't had it due to all the preventative measures i'm taking with special shampoo's and sprays etc.

The YO won't treat the other 50% of horses as there are too many, and many owners come down once in a blue moon.

How will it ever clear up if there are horses left untreated, who then reinfect and the vicious circle starts again?
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the yard owner should make it obligatory (and spelt out in contract on joining yard ideally) that any infectious outbreak such as ringworm in the yard all owners are notified and have to treat their own horses until the infection has cleared.
 
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so as an overall cycle the horses will rid themselves of it naturally and then be immune to that strain as such?

Only new horses to the farm prone from posts etc?

I spray all the posts with Viracon (sp?)
 
like i say it will take alot longer for them to rid themselves but yeah and if you spray posts it should be OK. The training yards make it go through the yearling yards if one gets it they dont mind them all getting it as then it will clear up at similar time rather than every time you think its gone another one pops up with it. And we only tend to get it when the 2 year old are in and the older one never seem to get it as they prob had it before. altho i did get it last time we had it in the yard lol so watch out if you do get it or horse gets it on face use canesten cream its fab
 
Keep up with the washes - Nizoral is good and you can also put it in a spray bottle and spray it onto affected areas.

Your YO is being very irrisponsible as it can be spread to humans and other animals too. Could even have arrived with a fox, badger, dog, cat etc!

She needs to take some action - Seperate the horses that are being treated into another paddock so that they aren't re infected. And then get after the other owners to treat their horses too.
 
CobSunshine said:
so as an overall cycle the horses will rid themselves of it naturally and then be immune to that strain as such?

Only new horses to the farm prone from posts etc?

I spray all the posts with Viracon (sp?)
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This! Except the Viracon ,waste of money,Jeyes fluid is a lot cheaper and more effective.
 
I've gone the Jeyes fluid route this week because someone noticed marks weeks ago on the horse, never said anything then decided it had ringworm only after a vet said so (although no cultures have been done:rolleyes:). She then turned out the horse's stablemate (double box, partitioned) then the affected horse itself within 4 days! Scream, scream!

This is the same genius that claimed her feed was being nicked (she owns good do-er cobs) and put antifreeze in it to stop the thief and said anyone whose horse got sick was at fault!! I told her if someone tested out her antifreeze claims on my horse, I'd sue her ass off.

Wish I could win the lottery and buy my own land!

Sorry, OP, I totally hijacked. :o

Can you ask for separate turn out for your horse?
 
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