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| 903.1 | What is "Rain Rot"? | POLAR::MACDONALD | | Thu Jun 15 1989 09:53 | 4 |
| Could you clarify what you mean by "rain rot"? Is it hoof related,
a growth, others may identify it by another term.
Bernie
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| 903.2 | | DELNI::KEIRAN | | Thu Jun 15 1989 10:40 | 2 |
| Mix betadine and water and give the horse a sponge bath. That has
always worked for us.
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| 903.3 | skin fungus | LEVADE::DAVIDSON | | Thu Jun 15 1989 10:45 | 9 |
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I was just talking about this with my instructor last night... she
believes that rain-rot is caused by a skin fungus.
She uses a diluted betadine rinse when cleaning up a horse after being
worked (also takes care of any little/unnoticible cuts or bug bites before
they become invected).
-Caroline
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| 903.4 | Skin fungus | USMFG::NROSTANZO | | Thu Jun 15 1989 13:54 | 5 |
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In the case it is fungus, isn't that catchy? They do have fungusin
(sp?) for skin fungus, too!
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| 903.5 | Does Daily Brushing Help? | AIPERS::GOLDMAN | | Thu Jun 15 1989 14:05 | 15 |
| I had just heard about rain rot a couple of days ago. This is the
first Summer I have let my horse out all Summer (although I have
brought him in a couple of nights when it has rained really hard).
I brush him everyday. Sometimes twice a day. Will that help keep
the fungis away?
Also, what about all the mud out there lately? I am getting concerned
about his hooves. I pick them out everyday but is there anything
else I can do?
Thanks!
Susan
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| 903.6 | | DELNI::KEIRAN | | Thu Jun 15 1989 14:42 | 5 |
| Rain rot is caused by the skin staying wet for extended amounts of
time where it never gets a chance to get dried out. We leave out 11
horses out to pasture from May through October and in the last 5-6
years, only one of the horses has ever had rain rot. It took a
few baths with betadine in the water to clear it up.
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| 903.7 | We had a bad case this winter | DECWET::DADDAMIO | | Thu Jun 15 1989 15:44 | 29 |
| We had a good case of rain rot (or rain scald) this winter here in the
NW (our first out here). Our horses are out with access to shelter
(which they use only when the mood stricks them). Anyways one horse
got it all over her back. The vet said to get it all off - you can
pick off the scruff and the hair comes with it. You can get a lot of
it off with a plastic curry, but need to use your fingers to get it all
off. She was bald from the withers to her hips half way down her sides,
with a stripe of bald down her croup to her tail.
We gave her shampoos (either Betadine shampoo or Weladol - both contain
iodine which kills the fungus) and had to leave the shampoo on for 20
minutes before rinsing. We did this three times a week for three
weeks. You have to keep at it because it keeps spreading. After two
weeks she started to get some hair back in the areas that were hit
first. We kept checking her after the three weeks were up for signs of
the fungus and gave her spot baths in those places after that. It was
all gone in about 5 weeks.
For prevention the vet recommended that the horse completely dry out
every day it gets wet. Since she was so awful about being in a stall
when the other horses were out, we got a waterproof New Zealand rug
that she wore during wet weather (kept her from getting wet in the
first place).
You can also get the fungus on their pasterns from mud - sometimes
called mud fever. Our mare had a few spots of this also that were
treated with the iodine shampoo.
Jan
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