Horse wounds and skin infections vary when it comes to type, size, and severity. All equine wounds fall into five basic categories. The type of care and first aid you administer depends, in part, on the wound type.
Viral Skin Infections: Ditton Cream which is now known as Virex Cream is designed to help with viral skin infections such as warts, sarcoids and other types of viruses. Made from high quality Calendula cream and consists of Witch Hazel extract, Calendula Oil and Thuja. Witch Hazel is known to be a cool, soothing, drying astringent.
Calendula Oil and Thuja are great for helping to maintain resistance against viral infections. Safe for use on most sensitive areas and it will not harm your horse if ingested
Equine Abrasions: Superficial wounds like abrasions are usually not critical, unless caused by a fall; however, abrasions can be very painful. Use a pain killer like Arthrieze Plus. Abrasions may occur when your horse scrapes against a rough surface, or as a result of a poor fitted saddle or saddle blanket. Use an antiseptic like Super-H. Super-H Antiseptic Powder is a non-toxic blend of aluminum silicate boric acid, natural oils, and menthol.
It is formulated to heal damaged euqine tissue and therefore is ideal in the treatment of scrapes, burns, abrasions, sores, scratches, cuts, and thrush.
Equine Bites: The Sauce is Sore No More’s horse liniment combined with Povidone Iodine. This herbal dressing combined with sugar may be one the most effective sugardine combination yet. Sugardine is an old time remedy of mixing iodine and sugar to form a paste that is then applied to open wounds, bites, abscesses, or resected hooves to reduce inflammation, infection, and healing time.
Punctures: Punctures should always treated aggressively due to the possibility of tetanus and other infections. Caused by sharp objects that penetrate deep into the skin, muscles, or hooves.
Fungus and Bacterial Skin Problems: Equine America Fungasol Spray is a topical spray for horses with skin conditions associated with fungus and bacteria such as girth itch, rain rot and wound bacteria.
