How to treat mud fever in horses?
re contamination of the legs. It is advisable to treat the horse on an area of hard standing rather than in a stable where bedding could become contaminated. Any equipment and surface should be disinfected after each treatment. Shampooing the legs with dilute shampoo in warm water will help It acts to reduce the scaling and crusting and so reduce the bacterial load on the skin and will also allow further penetration of antimicrobial cream. Dilute chlorhexidine is often used for this but this can be quite drying on the skin. Commercially available shampoos containing colloidal oatmeal may result in better preservation of the skin. Your horse may need pain relief This is usually in the form of antiinflammatories such as phenylbutazone which can be prescribed by your vet. Occasionally cases may benefit from antibiotics but not all cases will be given antibiotics in the first instance. This decision will be made by your vet after a clinical examination. Some horses may benefit from topical steroid cream once the bacterial infection has resolved. In conclusion the main aim of treatment is to remove contaminated scabs and to keep the skin clean and dry Any underlying conditions such as mite infestation will also need to be treated. One recent small study found that topical treatment with essential fatty acids helped to reduce the severity but not prevent mud fever in a small select group of cases. This may form the basis for future research and development. Can it be prevented? Ideally horses would be kept in clean and dry conditions to prevent this. However this is often not possible particularly during long spells of wet conditions and where grazing is limited leading to poaching of fields and gateways. If you do have to turn your horse out in muddy conditions rinsing the mud off may help. But care should be taken to dry the legs thoroughly. Use a clean towel that can be washed between uses to reduce reinfection. Some people will even use a hair dryer for this if the horse will tolerate it. It may be advisable in healthy horses to let the mud dry onto the feathers or hair before brushing it off as this avoids chronic wetting of the skin which may increase the risk of mud fever developing. Some horses skin is particularly sensitive to repeated wetting so in these animals letting the mud dry is
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