![]() Of course with the additional benefit of addressing her underlying metabolic problems through diet and environmental management. We brought her to our Daisy Haven Farm Rehabilitation Center to facilitate her care. We determined she was going to need daily attention to her feet to eliminate the canker, and help her regain soundness. This poor mare, foundered, with contracted heels, chronic thrush, AND canker. Oh, and to figure out what the bleeding when the hoof was picked was about.Īfter pulling the shoes, CAREFULLY cleaning out her frogs, and applying the de-rotation trim, the bleeding was not coming from where we expected. Our plan was to pull the shoes, apply a de-rotation trim to re-align her hoof capsule with the internal structures, addressing the phalangeal and capsular rotation. The veterinarian diagnosed the pony with chronic laminitis with rotation and sinking. The veterinarian met us at the appointment and took radiographs for us. My biggest concern was the description of “bleeding when her feet were picked out”, and was thinking about the coffin bone penetrating her sole or a deep abscess track in that area. She had some significant hoof capsule distortion typically found with chronic laminitis complicated by contracted heels. It ended up being a little more complicated than I was expecting. When I met this mare I thought helping her would be pretty straight forward. It’s never good when the vet says “Oh my!” when they see the horse’s feet. I get called in by veterinarians typically for one of two reasons: either the horse doesn’t have enough foot to nail to and they need performance glue work, or like in this case, the horse’s feet are significantly distorted with pathology and they need help with rehabilitation. The initial description from the veterinarian was “Every time the owner picked out her feet she would bleed. In reality, treating white line disease can be far more complicated.What are your experiences with these products, and with thrush in general? I know that experiences vary, not just in the general hoof care of the horse but stalling and location as well.This is one of those cases that stays with you that you think about even when you’re not with the horse. ![]() Theoretically, treatment for white line disease should be simple - kill infection-causing bacteria and fungi. Over the past two years, several new strategies for fighting thrush have become popular, and several old methods of treating Thrush have lost their popularity. Many of us had tried a variety of methods for managing thrush, and some of the members uncovered Oxine and came up with the formula in conjunction with the manufacturer or the distributor.For deeper infections soak a hoof for 45 minutes (you will be able to deep soak two hooves in the 90 minutes the solution is active) Following directions you soak for a specific time then switch to a different boot for the fumes of the soaked foot to reach into the deeper tissues. Oxine Soaks This extremely popular and very effective solution is something worked on jointly by many members of the Yahoo Barefoothorsecare group, which is my favorite online forum for discussing barefoot horse care. So unfortunately, 'tropical' often implies 2 of those at least. They are invariably anaerobic bugs, which thrive in warm, damp, airless situations. Thrush is what it's called when the frog is infected, WLD/seedy toe is when it's in wall material. They can be from a range of soil born organisms, fungal or bacterial or otherwise, which are 'opportunistic', meaning they get in when hooves are compromised in some way. Thrush &'WLD' are effectively the same thing. A drop of chain lube on threads of tension knobs will keep it running smoothly (Image credit: Courtesy) We needed to soak his hoof, actually we treated all 4 because it would not hurt and knowing the organism was present we took no chances.
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