How is Thrush treated?
Thrush affects the frog quite negatively and if left untreated may cause the horse a considerable amount of pain. Thrush is a bacterial infection that will eat away at the frog, or any other tissue that is old and ratty and can lead to further damage. A frog that is badly infected with thrush will be thin, ratty and weak and the horse can display pain with movement in the heel area causing him to land toe first. Thrush can be treated with commercial preparations such as Clean Trax, but it can also be treated with regular old Lysol all purpose cleaner without phenol. Lysol (usually yellow in colour) can be used diluted in warm water in soaking the hoof to kill the bacteria/fungi that cause thrush and other superficial infections of the hoof. Soaking directions: with Lysol/Warm water mixture as follows: 2 tablespoons per soaking boot, (Davis Soaking Boot or Easyboot Soaker may be used) of Lysol to ½ cup warm water for 20-30 mins 1-3 times per week depending on condition of infection, thi
Thrush affects the frog quite negatively and if left untreated may cause the horse a considerable amount of pain. Thrush is a fungal infection that will eat away at the frog, or any other tissue that is old and ratty and can lead to further damage. A frog that is badly infected with thrush will be thin, ratty and weak and the horse can display pain with movement in the heel area causing him to land toe first. Thrush can be treated with commercial preparations such as Clean Trax, but it can also be treated with regular old Lysol all purpose cleaner without phenol. Lysol (usually yellow in colour) can be used diluted in warm water in soaking the hoof to kill the bacteria/fungi that cause thrush and other superficial infections of the hoof. Other good remedies are Vinegar both white and apple cider, Pure Oxygen which is good stuff it’s actually accelerated Hydrogen Peroxide which gets the necessary oxygen deep down into the infection where the anaerobic environment harbers the fungus. The
