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Fungus - scratches

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#1 ·
Horses with white legs did anyone get a fungus called scratches on there legs?
it looks like scabs and its really hard to get rid of
 
#2 ·
I have never heard of it. Is it on the back of the pastern? If it is, it may just be mud fever that you are thinking of. It is scabby and hard to get rid of although it can occur in any horses, not just white legged ones.
 
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my draft X used to get them. The vet gave me some cream for it-as I recall it was a silvadene creme (same stuff they use on burn victims). It worked. It also helped if I ket his feathers trimmed, so there wasn't so much moisture on his pasterns with dew, etc. You should be able to get the creme from the vet.
 
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Scratches can be a hard thing to get rid of. It takes daily cleaning and treatment. some people may just use desitin morning and night. Keep it as dry as you can and clean as you can. take off the loose scabs but be gentle. They are uncomfortable for your horse so be patient. :)
 
#8 ·
Not sure if it was called 'scratches' or not, but my guy had a yellowish soft-clumpy fungus last spring. I used did a daily cleaning and rinsing with Apple Cider Vinegar. It worked like a charm, dried it right up and came off bit by bit daily until it was gone. The area that was affected was about a couple of inches in height and half an inch in width, and it ended up taking just a couple weeks to disappear completely. He has not had a case of it since.
 
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Yes! We have delt with a nasty case on one of my geldings at the begining of this winter! The vet gave us this HORRIBLE AWFUL smelling creme medication to put on it. To care for them you need to get the scabs off. The skin under the scabs is infected and needs to to be treated before it can heal. We used warm water and mild anitbacterial soap to gently coax the scabs off. We them were told to put iodine(??? might be something else???) and the creme on it. We also had to give him bute to help swelling and to help him absorb the medicine and we crushed sulfa tabs in his food. He got better in about two weeks. We think he picked up the scratches in the muddy warm-up arena at a cutting we went to.
 
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This is the first year Ive had to deal with it. My mare got it bad on one leg and some on the other, both white. I also care for a morgan that also got it this year....also on the white leg.
I been treating it with the silver sulf. stuff and bute. Its working, but slower than Id like, for sure. My mare did get 2 rounds of penicillin.

I didnt used to belive whit legs/hooves are more sensitive....but, latley I wonder.
 
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