This product works well for cure and prevention.  You can use just plain 
zinc oxide ointment for prevention too (cheaper).  But, once you've got a 
case of scratches going, the quickest easiest thing I've found it this 
"Wound Balm".  I've cleared about 3 cases on two different horses.  Then my 
friend Jas tried it on two of her yearling Akal Tekke's, they both cleared 
up within 3 days.
Since my last case caused me to get pulled from a 100 miler, I've been very 
religious about using the 'balm' or zinc oxide as preventative at every VC. 
 
The balm is a totally natural substance that comes out of the ground at a 
mineral spring.  It's greasy stuff that smells like shoe polish, but is 
chock full of colloidal minerals.  Hence, it works like the Zinc, only 
better because it's got other minerals too that the organizms in 
"scratches" can't tollerate.
Good luck.  I highly recommend this product for many types of equine first 
aid and maintenance.
cc: RideCamp 
Linda Van Ceylon
lvanceylon@vines.colostate.edu
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>From Stephanie Teeter <step@fsr.com>, on 6/26/97 1:11 PM:
To: "'Linda VanCeylon'" <LVanCeylon@vines.ColoState.EDU>
Ok - sounds like a good product to try. 
Are you a dynamite dealer perchance?
Steph
-----Original Message-----
From:	Linda VanCeylon [SMTP:LVanCeylon@vines.ColoState.EDU]
Sent:	Tuesday, June 24, 1997 9:07 AM
To:	Ridecamp@endurance.net; step@fsr.com
Subject:	scratches
Hi Steph,
I've played the scratches game a lot in the past.  But, no more-- since I 
found Dynamite 'Wound Balm'.  Just swab it on, don't wrap it, don't even 
need to wash it.  Scratches are gone in 3 days or less.
Linda Van Ceylon
lvanceylon@vines.colostate.edu