Garnet -- may I forward this post to my equine list? MA
________________________________ From: Garnet <gar...@grandecom.net> To: silver-list@eskimo.com Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 9:01:44 AM Subject: Re: CS>CS for Equine sweet itch If he has it in his mane and on his tail head it is allergy to the bite of the cuculoides midge. Other skin problems are associated, such as a tendency to get rain rot.This midge is a carrier of Onchocerca. a worm that some horses are allergic to. The main problem is the immature stage of the Onchocerca called filariads. Onchoceriasis is a cause of Uveitis, Moon blindness, in horses and humans when the migrating filariads enter the eye and cause an autoimmune inflammation that often results in blindness with no cause ever being detected. It is more commonly a cause of blindness in third world countries although I am told by a vet opthamologist at Texas A&M that it just goes unrecognized in humans in the US. Generally it takes until at least 7 years of age for this syndrome to manifest to a severe degree. It is worse in the spring and summer, better in the winter due to the midge dying off. I had a mare who I bought at age 7 who declined for the next four years and was seen by many vets until I found one who recognized the syndrome, he was an older man and very knowledgeable. He said many practitioners did not know this syndrome and would give steroids for the skin condition. The load of the worm builds over a period of years even with regular worming at two month intervals. Often to a systemic reaction with sores breaking out on the belly, flanks, face and shoulders. The belly especially can then end up with fungal infections as secondary opportunists. Often the skin develops wrinkles over the shoulder from the inflammation. You want to kill the filariads slowly and interrupt the short live cycle initially to knock the numbers back. To do this give half doses of Ivermectin every two weeks for four doses, then every three weeks for four doses, then a full dose once a month or a daily wormer. Some horses that go untreated end up on steroids which further suppress their immunity and then as they decline in health they succumb to something like the flu.. The allergic reaction to the midge bites may be due to a load of Onchocerca worms causing a generalized immune reaction. Worming every 8 weeks is not enough to control the population of filariads from building to a critical level. The sores on the skin that develop in certain areas are groups of the migrating filariads. One vet actually told me the sores on my mare's flanks were Cancer! I knew this was not true as she was biting at her flanks every spring and the sores went away in the winter. Once the heavy load of filariads is brought under control worming using the half doses of Ivermectin a maintenance schedule of once a month will interrupt the cycle and restore immune health. Keep him on a once a month schedule year round. CS will help control the skin condition but you must treat the cause to make any real progress. I have also used Sugardine on the skin, which is Betadine ointment mixed with table sugar to the consistency of runny peanut butter, it will thicken over night as the sugar swells. It is effective against fungal infections of the skin and will stay on longer than CS. Garnet Misc. IP Group wrote: > Hi anybody used CS for equine sweet itch or any other recommendations? > > > Have a stallion who is suffering terribly and if any part of his > body is exposed he’s bitten badly and now has scabs and open wound > in those places. Tried fly sprays, sweet itch blankets etc but > still to no avail. > > > Was wondering if spraying CS would help or if it needs to be > combined with something to 1) help heal the wounds and b) strengthen > his system to be able to fight the sweet itch naturally. > > > > Many thanks > > > Peter > -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
