--- On Sat, 7/12/08, Wanda Lauscher <wanda.lauscher@...> wrote:

On old friend of mine had a mare that had a chronic hoof crack that no
amount of trimming and correction seemed to be able to fix.

She finally started treating it as though it was a fungal infection
and would squirt the hoof every once in a while with any sort of anti
fungal application she had on hand..betadine solution comes to mind.

It solved the crack problem and it's never come back.



Yes Wanda, very good point. It really is a combunation of all 3 issues.

Fungal and bacterial, both must be treated, at the same time trimming needs to
happen so that the space is not allowed to get bigger. So many times this all
begins becuase trims are not done at a close enough intrval, so that way it
creates space for the bacteria and fungus to set in and penetrate the horses
hoof. So many times people just treat one issue at a time, therefore the
problem just prolongs.

Skye

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