Re: Stone bruises & hoof hardeners

["Duncan Fletcher" <dfletche@gte.net>]

I believe white line disease is a symbiotic relationship between a fungus
and a bacteria, and is not the same as thrush. I don't have any references,
and I am may have been dreaming about this. Anybody else? The problem with
treating is getting something up into the crevice - gravity is not your
friend.

Duncan Fletcher
dfletche@gte.net

-----Original Message-----
From: Angela C. McGhee <rides2far@juno.com>


>O.K. Heidi, long as you're on this one, and I guess I sorta got this
>formaldehyde thing going.  I'd like your opinion on this.
>
>There's been lots of what folks are calling "White line disease" coming
>and going around here.  The old timers say it's simply a form of thrush
>that attacks the hoof wall.  Two years ago, almost overnight it seemed
>all my unshod horses (the ponies) were stricken with it and you could
>literally run a hoof pick up to an inch in the seperation around their
>white line.  My vet had me soak cotton in iodine and glycerine and pack
>it up in there.  It was messy, time consuming and took forever to work.
>
>This year I saw it coming on again.  Some people seem to think it goes
>with weather patterns.  Whatever, I painted it with formaldehyde.  I
>figured that would kill anything that liked moisture.  Bingo.  It was
>gone faster than I could have imagined.  Know anyone else who is using
>this?  Was it disappearance a coincidence?  One case on a neighbor's
>horse was fairly advanced.  Another neighbor had a farrier who trimmed
>away all the damaged hoof and that mare was out of commission much
>longer.
>
>I'd appreciate your input. (Or anyone else's)
>
>Angie McGhee and Kaboot (think I'll just keep my shoes on thankyou)
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>>Heidi Smith, DVM--Sagehill Arabians (Oregon)
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