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Discussion on Treating scratches (mud fever, dew poisoning, grease heel)
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Posted on Tuesday, Jun 15, 1999 - 10:48 am:
What are the various treatments for scratches? What have you found to be the most effective? Can anything be done to improve the condition of hind legs with permanent damage due to the swelling? I have heard that some horses end up with permanently swollen legs?!?
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Posted on Tuesday, Jun 15, 1999 - 12:48 pm:
I've had good luck cleaning the area thoroughly, drying with a towel and applying Desenex (found in the baby section at your local drug store) daily.
It also helps to get the horse in a dry stall for part of the day, too.
Dr. O must have an article on this in his articles section.
Good luck.
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New Member:
Goldtwh
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Posted on Saturday, Jun 19, 2004 - 6:00 pm:
My palomino has what the vet calls cannon keratosis. Is this scratches? the sores are
primarily above the cannon bone up to the side
of the top of his tail. But, now he is getting
this brown scrunge under his tail bone and it appears to itch him alot. We have tried twice weekly washings with Tar Shampoo, Miconazole, HyDrOcortisone, etc. The sores get big crusts on them and the hair falls out and then the sore looks red and will bleed if you remove the crusts. He orginally got this when living in a very humid wet climate, but has been back in a very dry climate for over a year and it is worse than ever. Help!
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DrO
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Posted on Tuesday, Jun 22, 2004 - 9:36 am:
No cannon keratosis is not scratches and often confused with dermatophillus of the front of the rear cannons. But your horses lesions on the legs do not sound like cannon keratosis either, perhaps if you could describe the lesions or better post a photo, I would be interested in looking at them.
Concerning the lesions under the tail they do sound like dermatophillus. See, Equine Diseases » Skin Diseases » Rain Rot and Rain Scald: Dermatophillus for diagnosis and treatment.
DrO
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