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Location: Martin,Tennessee | Hello all. What is the best thing to use to get rid of thrush? |
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Location: Sunny California | I tried all of the stuff on the market and then found on a forum where someone used lysol when all else failed. It was the only thing that cured thrush in my old gelding who had chronic thrush. |
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Location: Martin,Tennessee | What kind of Lysol? Like did they say a certain scent?
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  Warmblood with Wings
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Location: Florida.. | Id mix betadine and water or hydrogen peroxide and put in syringe and squirt in crevices and area with thrush.. then Id put thrush buster or thrushX on it and it works great.. please dont use bleach it will kill live tissue as well.. if your not cautious |
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The Advice Guru
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| I tried sauerkraut since my vet told me all funguses you need to change the ph to kill it.
I applied the sauerkraut changed it every 2 days for a week and it was gone. |
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Location: Dubach, LA | Kill it. Kill it now! I'm dealing with an abcess from super stubborn thrush. It's not fun at all. That said, I tried beach, peroxide and iodine, biozide packing, thrush buster, and aresole athlete's foot spray. I hate thrush!!! |
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Location: God's country...aka TEXAS | copper sulfate crystals dissolved in distilled water. |
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| Kopertox! it is the only product that is waterproof, and will leak wherever into the foot it needs to go. and stays for about 3 days. My dad used to be a horseshoer and he has fixed several horses with chronic thrush applying it every 3 days. Its also good for cracks and any other foot fungus. Its about $22 for the 16 oz bottle I think but well worth it. It is green, don't let it get on u or the horses hair. they say it will burn but Iv never seen any adverse affects from it. |
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| horsiace1025 - 2014-09-18 10:23 AM Kopertox! it is the only product that is waterproof, and will leak wherever into the foot it needs to go. and stays for about 3 days. My dad used to be a horseshoer and he has fixed several horses with chronic thrush applying it every 3 days. Its also good for cracks and any other foot fungus. Its about $22 for the 16 oz bottle I think but well worth it. It is green, don't let it get on u or the horses hair. they say it will burn but Iv never seen any adverse affects from it.
This is what I've always had good luck with too. |
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Location: Martin,Tennessee | Where can I get this Copertox? |
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| http://www.valleyvet.com/
http://www.valleyvet.com/ct_search_results.html?gas=kopertox
Edited by Griz 2014-09-18 11:42 AM
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| AZ2NCpaintgal - 2014-09-18 11:28 AM
Where can I get this Copertox?
It will be in the livestock area of your feed stores - TSC, Orschlens, etc all carry it.
Koppertox is a white bottle with green writing on it. |
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Rad Dork
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Location: Oklahoma | I didn't have much luck with Koppertox, or either I just didn't wait it out long enough. I tried Koppertox (using Hydrogen Peroxide to clean it first) for about a week - week & a half. I then started using ToMorrow (mastistis medicine for cattle) paste after my HP flush and I would shove cotton balls as tight as I could into the hoof. Did that for about a week and had wonderful progress! I also did a couple of epsom salt soaks with some nylon boots (I think they're Hoof Wraps brand or something from TSC). to help make him feel better. He loved those soaks! |
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Location: At the race track with Ah Dee Ohs | Mastitis (sp?) for cows. Works great for me. |
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Location: Displaced Iowegian | horsiace1025 - 2014-09-18 10:23 AM Kopertox! it is the only product that is waterproof, and will leak wherever into the foot it needs to go. and stays for about 3 days. My dad used to be a horseshoer and he has fixed several horses with chronic thrush applying it every 3 days. Its also good for cracks and any other foot fungus. Its about $22 for the 16 oz bottle I think but well worth it. It is green, don't let it get on u or the horses hair. they say it will burn but Iv never seen any adverse affects from it.
^^^ THIS or a Bentadine solution. Most likely those of you that have used Kopertox (or any other thrush treatment) have not been successful because you have not thoroughly cleaned the area of any necrotic material.....THEN you have to keep the feet DRY! Kopertox works better than others because once you have cleaned out the hoof and applied the Kopertox deeply into the cracks with a brush, Kopertox is waterproof and helps to keep the area dried out. |
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Location: Kentucky | Best stuff ever - http://www.nothrushshop.com/index.html
Edited by Murphy 2014-09-18 1:10 PM
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