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05/24/2010 - 11:09 pm
reply from
Tom Taylor
Just wondering what you guys recommend for treating white line disease. I've used merthiolate, and white lightning gel with some success. What else works?
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05/25/2010 - 9:20 pm
reply from
chris richardson
I don't have that much experience with WLD, IMO nothing works very well without a resection. What do you guys say?
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05/25/2010 - 11:59 pm
reply from
Tom Taylor
The resection part isn't the question. Thats a no brainer if you really want to get rid of it. I don't know of any true white line disease cases that turned out very good without cutting it out. What I was wondering is what other products or concotions does anybody else use with success for helping to kill the spores during the treatment.
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05/30/2010 - 4:53 pm
reply from
Diane Pennycuff
I am looking for a powdered form of a product used to treat thrush and white line, which contains copper napthenate. Anybody know where it might be available?
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05/31/2010 - 6:16 am
reply from
Dr. Esco Buff, PhD, CF
Tom,
The ony real cure or better put, the most successful cure we have in treating the anerobic organisms involved is a resection. However, depending on which bacteria involved, you may have limited success with some products when the lesser forms of bacteria are involved. As you stated, "Thats a no brainer," is the most successful cure we have shown to work. What you decide to put on afterwards is more to help make sure you are reducing the chances for organisms re-envading the stratem medium. How effective they are is still up for debate. I prefer to use more known products that have shown success in this area such as products with tea tree oil (melaleuca oil) which is an antiseptic, antibacterial, antifungal and antiviral product. Several companies make such a product including Life Data Labs (Hoof Antisceptic).
The ony real cure or better put, the most successful cure we have in treating the anerobic organisms involved is a resection. However, depending on which bacteria involved, you may have limited success with some products when the lesser forms of bacteria are involved. As you stated, "Thats a no brainer," is the most successful cure we have shown to work. What you decide to put on afterwards is more to help make sure you are reducing the chances for organisms re-envading the stratem medium. How effective they are is still up for debate. I prefer to use more known products that have shown success in this area such as products with tea tree oil (melaleuca oil) which is an antiseptic, antibacterial, antifungal and antiviral product. Several companies make such a product including Life Data Labs (Hoof Antisceptic).
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05/31/2010 - 6:34 am
reply from
Dr. Esco Buff, PhD, CF
Diane,
Copper napthenate is a wood preservative that can be purchased at many hardware stores. In the liquid form, Thursh XX and Kopertox have copper nepthenate in them and are sold as liquids and one also as an aeresol. In the powder form I've seen some genaric poweder forms at pet stores but can't think of any of the top of my head sold for equine.
Copper napthenate is a wood preservative that can be purchased at many hardware stores. In the liquid form, Thursh XX and Kopertox have copper nepthenate in them and are sold as liquids and one also as an aeresol. In the powder form I've seen some genaric poweder forms at pet stores but can't think of any of the top of my head sold for equine.
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05/31/2010 - 10:58 pm
reply from
Maria C.
My Vet gave me Formaldehyde mixed with Iodine. I was hesitant it use this at first, yet a good friend who owns a large feed store and supply in my hometown said YES it WORK's great. I used it for 1-week on my gelding, and "wooolah" it worked well!!!
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06/ 5/2010 - 8:14 pm
reply from
chris richardson
You bet it works great, Formaldehyde is a toxin - I copied this from the MSDS info for formaldehyde. . .
Skin Contact:
Toxic. May cause irritation to skin with redness, pain, and possibly burns.
Skin absorption may occur with symptoms paralleling those from ingestion.
Formaldehyde is a severe skin irritant and sensitizer. Contact causes white
discoloration, smarting, cracking and scaling.
Make your own decisions, I don't use anything that has formaldehyde in it.
Here's the link to the MSDS. . . http://www.jtbaker.com/msds/englishhtml/f5522.htm
I realize products that are less harmfull to us ond our horses are, possibly, less effective, but we do have to consider the cost - To a horse that is only expected to live to 30-35 yrs, no big deal. To a Farrier expected to live to 80-90 yrs, this toxin may be a player.
Skin Contact:
Toxic. May cause irritation to skin with redness, pain, and possibly burns.
Skin absorption may occur with symptoms paralleling those from ingestion.
Formaldehyde is a severe skin irritant and sensitizer. Contact causes white
discoloration, smarting, cracking and scaling.
Make your own decisions, I don't use anything that has formaldehyde in it.
Here's the link to the MSDS. . . http://www.jtbaker.com/msds/englishhtml/f5522.htm
I realize products that are less harmfull to us ond our horses are, possibly, less effective, but we do have to consider the cost - To a horse that is only expected to live to 30-35 yrs, no big deal. To a Farrier expected to live to 80-90 yrs, this toxin may be a player.
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