Re: girth problems

[CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com]

In a message dated 10/17/99 7:58:26 PM Pacific Daylight Time, celiak@pcrs.net 
writes:

<< I had some scurfing on two horses one summer - using neoprene girths.  Are
 you sure this is not just "fungus"?  My horses' problem cleared up with
 bleach and a salve for "jock rash". >>

That was what I thought at first, but the problem comes up within a few hours 
of using a neoprene girth--far too quickly for a fungus.  It also goes away 
fairly quickly if one does not continue to use the neoprene--also not like a 
fungus.  And the lesions are swollen and weepy.

Heidi


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