There are several
- but -- what I used last year, on one horse who
had never ! had scratches before, and is pasture ornament - and no
wet, 'heavy' pasture here; but, for whatever reason , he
got a nasty case, out of the blue in August - not wet, go figure
--
I washed and dried the areas
with half strength betadine, or can use hibiclens - a chlorohexadrine
product -(sorry about spelling for that one ) ; once a day,
washed areas with soft scrub brush to loosen crust - . then I
applied 'home made' mixture using -- metroconazale cream -
like used for women's yeast infection -( cheaper than athletes' foot
preparation), triple antibiotic ointment ( same / similair
to neosporin, bacitracin ointment, and Desitin, or zinc oxide
ointment, actually mixed one batch with some 'Swat'.. He had episodes for
several weeks last year, would clear up on or two legs, and 'broke out' on
another. May not have been true scratches, but very similair -
( weepy, swelling, sore, with some swelling looked like 'bad
scrathes' ), and treatment worked. Treatment worked within couple
days, to healing stage, ie, after about 3 - 4 days
of washing appplying 'concoction' - went to mircotech eq ? skin spray. If
interested will - look and see what was - black bottle - retail. healed up
in about a week.
Think key is to remove scabs, apply
combination anti - fungal and antibiotic, with sunscreen, protective
barrier. GL,
Oops, make sure if use betadine
or generic form of, that use solution not scrub, and delute sol. to half
strength - betadine is caustic to normal tissue ( broken skin ) -
half strength ok.
But better choice the chlorohexidrine /
hibiclens* brandname. Stephanie
M
