Ringworm!!!!!!!!:(.

[berry]

Well it looks like my infoal mare has ringworm. She has scally bold patches on her face, a few on her neck and body.
The yard where she was last winter had it but she didnt get it. The yard owners vet told her the best way to deal with it was to just let the horses get on with it as they soon build up antibodies to the fungus.
The field she is in now used to be used for cows so thats prob where its came from. But the other people up there are going out and buying every lotion and potion they possibly can, my horse isnt even in with there horses.
All I have brought is antifungal cream from the chemist.
What would everyone else be doing if there horse had it???.

 

[Ella19]

i'd get the vet out to confirm it is ringworm for a start as there can be similar skin conditions which turnout not to be ringworm. Second reason I would have the vet out is to help you find something you can use on an in foal mare. Thirdly I would put all your equipment ie brushes into virkon, spray the fencing (if wooden) with it and wash her rugs on hot wash! That will prevent her picking it straight back up again. It's not dangerous just annoying but no idea in a pregnant mare.

 

[Bertthefrog]

Well it looks like my infoal mare has ringworm. She has scally bold patches on her face, a few on her neck and body.
The yard where she was last winter had it but she didnt get it. The yard owners vet told her the best way to deal with it was to just let the horses get on with it as they soon build up antibodies to the fungus.
The field she is in now used to be used for cows so thats prob where its came from. But the other people up there are going out and buying every lotion and potion they possibly can, my horse isnt even in with there horses.
All I have brought is antifungal cream from the chemist.
What would everyone else be doing if there horse had it???.

We were pointed to antifungal sold from chemist and it worked on my friend's mare - much cheaper than any vets stuff too! I also know lots of people who leave it to run its course and that works fine too. It depends how many other horses that yours comes into contact with in the meantime - it's probably easier to be seen to be doing something about it rather than suffering earache from the other owners!

 

[flyingfeet]

Ok I am going to sound like a right hippie, and nothing could be further from it

However we bought an ainsworth ringworm homoeopathic remedy to add to the water and never had ringworm again... although thinking about it we also gave up cows as they weren't making any money...

Failing that anything for fungus will do - athletes foot powder, ladies thrush treatment as often has fungicide, anti fungi shampoo (human or the horse ringocide shampoo). If its being really hard to shift I think the vet can inject with a fungicide, but I'd try topical treatment first.

 

[brucea]

Increasing the amount of zinc in the diet will help too - make sure they have adequate minerals.

We fed a few the wee calfies the baby milk becsase it was higher in zinc and that helped clear up the ringworm.

 

[intouch]

It's a nuisence but it's self-limiting, only lasts about 3 weeks but it is no doubt very infectious to humans as well as other animals. Antifungal topically and Pink powder or something to build up the immunity internally. Maybe Aloe Vera or Tahitian Noni?

 

[ofcourseyoucan]

ella19 she wont pick it up again as her body will have produced antibodies against it. generally once they have had ringworm they dont succumb again unless a new/different strain or if immune weakened or they are stressy. virkon for all the tools and brushes etc. canestan for topical treatment. or imaverol wash from your vet (this is a POM) or grisol v granules in feed. tho dont know how safe these all are for in foal mares. it generally is self limiting, and will go by itself. best treatment is sunlight which is why you rarely see it in sunny months. you can catch it yourself. i would suggest a phone call and discussion with your vet particularly as your mare is in foal.

 

[berry]

Will speak to vet in the morning. My old yard that had it last winter was a stud and a few in foal mares had it then and vet wasnt too bothered. Will wash her stuff in virkon and farmer said he will spray fencing.
She was ment to be going to a stud up the road to have her baby but if they ride past her field and see her all moth eaten they might not want a pit pony up there . Oh well looks like I will be camping out in the field come April. Best go and find my tent lol x.

 

[Tnavas]

Buy some Nizeral from the chemist and spot wash her with it. Dilute with hand hot water and work well into coat over the affected area and a good deal beyond as well. No need to rinse and fine to use with infoal mare.

 

[TayloredEq]

Rather than Virkon get a product called Steri 7. Once Virkon dries the area can become reinfected. However with Steri 7 it creates a 'film' (non visible and non greasy) that stays live for 14 days and so no new infection can grow on that area. Most the of the major yards, studs and vets now use steri 7 as it is non corrosive and stays live.

 

[Arabelle]

My infoal mare had ringworm. Contact your vet, Imaverol is fine for infoal mares and more effetive, safer (and probably cheaper in the long run) than faffing about with anything over the counter recommended on a forum that my or may not be OK for infoal mares

 

[Foxfolly]

We have just had it go through our cows and then some of our infoal mares and youngstock too, bizare as we haven't had it on the farm for over 15 years and nothing new has come onto the farm either, but we and the vet think it may have been carried over the land by deer or something else!!

We squirted ours with Bactakil 55 its freely available over the counter and not too expensive either, as soon as they are treated it clears up really quicky, its uselful stuff to have around anyway we use it on lambs navels etc is a really good all round spray!!

http://www.hyperdrug.co.uk/prodinfo.asp?number=BACTAKIL 500ML&Variation=

 

[GinnieRedwings]

I would use Imaverol. They cease to be contagious after first application on horse and spray all stable walls, post and rail, etc.. Can't do much about the ground, but even with all above precautions, we had a couple of "relapses" when we had ringworm.