Moisture and cold weather arrives ...

With the arrival of autumn and winter, cold weather starting and humidity can be large enemy for our horses due to the emergence of arestines .This skin condition is known as irritation of the lower extremities caused mainly by water , mud and moisture.Appear as a rash on the hands and feet caused by an accumulation of traces of water , producing further hair loss and inflamed skin soft to very painful ulcers originándole horse. If not treated in time can extend up to the belly area and be much more difficult to cure.In some cases, certain horses paw was inflamed and filled with pus so it would have to leave to work for a while and try for daily treatment root out this happy winter disease.
  For the farrier is also a very annoying problem for the animal suffering by arestines , he defends the pain and does not allow you to manage your feet in comfort. Also, after shoeing a horse with mold problems , it must be thoroughly cleaned shoeing tools and apron guard .

How to end the arestines when are still starting ?The easiest way to eliminate fungi not yet highly developed method is:- Wash thoroughly rubbing the infected area with a sponge soaked in shampoobut contains betadine or call Hibiscrub sold in pharmacies , and carefully go trying to start small but will be formed scabs raw.
- Leave on for about four minutes to shampoo .
- Then wash the area and dry it immediately with kitchen paper .
- At the end you will see the knuckle of your clean horse and it's there when you are pouring water mixed with betadine to fester and heal small wounds or but instead of this we can have a special cream called Cuatroderm ( sold in pharmacies ) but both options serve the same purpose and will perhaps be more economical water mixture and betadine .- Then optional , you can put some bandages or dressings rest and store in a non wet area.-A action the following day to take the cream or spray on wounds healing to keep repeating . It is normal for your horse to do this may complain and avoid being put cream mixed with the water because surely sting but that 's a good sign for us as it means that you are healing and slowly closing wounds they were dragging the crust .That it is good to be consistent and repeat this action at least once a day , otherwise it will grow back and the crust would have to start the whole process again.
- When you see that finally these fungi have been removed you can have occasionally called Audevard cream to prevent irritation to the area and trying his limbs do not get wet at this time , if dry them immediately.