Current treatment for thrush of hoof

RE: Current treatment for thrush of hoof

Clare Tapsfield-Wright — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 16:37:47 GMT

That's so helpful, I love this list , such great practical help , cheers all

RE: Current treatment for thrush of hoof

Ruth Eyre-Pugh — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 13:03:15 GMT

If you can get hold of some garden or agricultural lime powder (not granules), put some in the toe of a sock, knot the other end and use twice a day after hoof picking. Swing the sock so it pats the affected area and leaves a thin coating of lime on the surface. Replace with a fresh sock when it gets a bit manky. They used to use this in the Army as a prevention of thrush and I have found it useful in early cases.

RE: Current treatment for thrush of hoof

Wren — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 10:46:26 GMT

As above. If it causes a deep median sulcus in the frog then that can create problems. In those cases I get the farrier to trim as much as possible then get the client to stuff metronidazole tablets up into the cleft a couple of times a week. They stick up there surprisingly well and you'll soon find the cleft filling. Back in the day we used Metronex paste for this but it's been off the market for 10 years or so. Although at least one of my clients seems able to procure a metronidazole paste from Ireland...

RE: Current treatment for thrush of hoof

Michael Woodhouse — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 09:51:27 GMT

If its bad then I'd use one of the topical antibiotic aerosols - despite its name its a bacterial rather than fungal infection. Have used the tetracycline products, but there is now a yellow one with a different active - I don't know which is better.

Peroxide seems to help as maintenance, but clean and dry feet is the mainstay. I wouldn't be frightened of some topical antimicrobials to get on top of things and break the cycle. We used the use the 20vols/6& H2O2 neat - that's already pretty dilute. Makes lovely bubbles.

RE: Current treatment for thrush of hoof

Kate Richardson — Sun, 11 Dec 2016 20:26:10 GMT

Sudocrem also good for control

sudocrem does fix everything!

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Catriona MacIntyre — Sun, 11 Dec 2016 20:12:04 GMT

Bactokill spray also useful for control and maintenance

RE: Current treatment for thrush of hoof

Clare Tapsfield-Wright — Sat, 10 Dec 2016 17:05:16 GMT

Brilliant , thanks Joyce. The farrier did the necessary yesterday and applied peroxide. I'll get some and get to it.

RE: Current treatment for thrush of hoof

Joyce Whitehead — Sat, 10 Dec 2016 11:59:51 GMT

Husband (horse vet) recommends farrier to cut out any cr*p, then flush daily with dilute hydrogen peroxide and dry well. Bad cases sometimes need antibiotics too.