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If left alone and not treated - as Angie described or if not discovered 
- it can require the farrier and/or vet to remove the hoof wall, clean 
it out, treat it to kill the fungus and then rebuild the hoof with 
something like equithane. My farrier told me of a case where they (he 
and the vet ) had to remove the hoof wall for about 3/4 of the way up. 
The owner ignored the problem until it got very bad. He then rebuilt the 
hoof wall with equithane and put light weight AL shoes on. They couldn't 
ride the horse for awhile but were riding him lightly after about two 
months - which is long before the hoof completely regrew. I have a horse 
that would get a little every wet season. We just cut it out, packed 
with idoine crystals when it showed put the shoe back on and that was that.

I don't know about dry/wet cycles - it seems to be much worse down in 
the swampy areas of FL than it does in the sand hills where we drain. 
Whichever it seem to be associated with conditions that are too wet. 
With the dry/wet cycles it may be that small cracks develop in the dry 
and can allow the fungus to get in when it is wet.

Truman

rides2far@xxxxxxxx wrote:

> White line is environmental and seems to be very related to the weather.
> Word is the fungus or whatever is pretty much everywhere. The time that
> it seems most likely to crop up is when you've had a long dry spell, then
> get some wet weather.  Cut it out, hit it with some formaldehyde and it's
> history. The thing that seems to make them sore is the dirt working up
> under the wall. If it's really deep like that you can clean it out good
> and take some loose cotton, stretch it, soak it in iodine and pack it in
> there. It'll stay for weeks sometimes. I've seen horses who had the whole
> wall of their hoof cut off but had enough up high to hold the clinches on
> the nails. The horse was never lame and continued to be ridden. I
> wouldn't panic or worry about my horse being around the others. Just cut
> away the damaged looking area if it's not deep, paint it with
> formaldehyde (not very often...maybe every 4 days...it's very drying) and
> that'll probably do it.
>
> If somebody else has a "proper" diagnosis and treatment that contradicts
> mine feel free to follow their orders but this has worked great through
> several outbreaks around here. Seems the barefoot horses get it more
> often contrary to what they first told us.
>
> Angie
>
>  

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