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Thrush Diagnosis and Treatment Despite good hoof hygiene and exercise, horses sometimes get this unpleasant condition; rapid recognition and proactive management can prevent deeper damage. You've seen it many a time--a horse gallops across a field and dirt clods fly every which way. With normal activity, your horse's hooves are subject to a natural cleansing process that scours ... Read full story	11/1/2008
Thrush-XX: Thrush Treatment Aid Aerosol Farnam presents the new Thrush-XX Thrush Treatment Aid Aerosol (copper naphthenate). This new aerosol eliminates messy drips, runs, and spills for a clean application. It targets the infected area by spraying only where you want it to go, thus reducing waste. It can be sprayed upside down, making the ease of application more convenient to use. The ... Read full story	7/3/2008
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Thwarting Thrush A horse's hoof travels through some seriously nasty places. As a result it is bombarded with bacteria. So what keeps horses from continually oozing pus from infected feet? According to Stephen O'Grady, DVM, MRCVS, of Northern Virginia Equine, horses have a self-cleaning mechanism that helps maintain a healthy balance of bacteria in the hoof. However, ... Read full story	2/1/2008
Building Better Hooves At some point, probably all of us have used some type of product to improve our horses' feet. And many of us haven't seen the results we wanted, so perhaps we tried another. And another. Despite our best efforts, some of us despair of ever having horses with those tough feet that don't crack and hold all the shoes until the farrier's next visit. One ... Read full story	2/1/2007
Clean Hooves Before Treating Thrush My 13-year-old Morgan has had very bad thrush for six years. The most recent treatment our vet recommended is soaking the feet in Epsom salts and packing them with iodine-soaked gauze. He's stalled when it's wet, and the stall is cleaned daily. We've tried this for about six weeks; as with the other treatments, we've seen little to no improvement. ... Read full story	10/1/2004
Phew! Stinky Feet! Thrush is very common, and it typically is a mild disease that can be easily treated. More importantly, it can be prevented with adequate foot management and good stable husbandry. However, if you choose to ignore these preventive measures, or you come into possession of a horse with thrush, it needs to be addressed immediately and aggressively as ... Read full story	5/1/2003
Thrush in Horses A great many farm and ranch boys and girls of my generation grew up with the time-worn admonition that “Cleanliness is next to Godliness.” Usually, the words came from a determined mother who was shepherding her brood toward the bathtub. There was a good reason for mothers to be determined that their young charges cleanse hands and bodies after a busy ... Read full story	1/1/2001
Advice for the Hoofsore Q: What is the relationship between chronic, severe thrush and my horse's contracted heels? A: Thrush and contracted heels often go hand-in-hand...but by the time a veterinarian or farrier is called to help the horse, it is hard to tell which came first, particularly because so much "ordinary" thrush goes untreated. Some owners think horses' feet ... Read full story	11/1/1997
Thrush Prevention Thrush is a very common word for those of us who have been spent any amount of time around horses. It is one of the more common diseases of the equine hoof. But does everyone know what thrush is? How do you prevent it, or how do you treat it once it has set up shop within your horse's hooves? Michael A. Ball, DVM Thrush is characterized ... Read full story	11/1/1997