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That SHOULD have been Desitin, not Desenex.   I KNEW I had the wrong word 
but couldn't think of the right one.

Barbara




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barbara McCrary" <bigcreekranch@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <rides2far@xxxxxxxx>; <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 7:27 AM
Subject: Re: [RC] competition scratches


> We had a couple of cases of contagious scratches, about 30 years ago, 
> apparently brought in from outside by a new horse we bought.  But the 
> worst cases of "whatever you call it" was not contagious but 
> environmental.  Every year we rode on Death Valley ride (the old route, 
> through Trona) our horses would pick up a nasty condition from the alkali 
> dust (I figured).  So I took to clipping the pastern hair in back close to 
> the skin, then slathering that area with Desenex, so the alkali would not 
> get to the skin.  It was a yucky mess that had to wiped of each day, then 
> re-applied, but it seemed to protect the skin from the alkali and keep the 
> flexed part of the pastern soft and pliable.
>
> Barbara
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <rides2far@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 5:00 AM
> Subject: [RC] competition scratches
>
>
> Hey guys,
>
> I'm kind of fascinated by "Competiton Scratches". It appears some horses & 
> riders deal with it at every ride and a horse can start a 100 with no sign 
> of scratches and the next morning have an open oozing case. When I ask it 
> appears some riders are used to dealing with it. I have never had a horse 
> get anything like that and can't help but think it's some kind of fungus 
> they have on their farm that flairs up in the environment of a ride.
>
> Anybody got any input?
>
> Angie
>
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