I think it is important to rotate paddocks so they don’t become such mud holes. Some horses are more prone to infection particularly if their immune system is poor. I do think white legged horses seem to be more difficult to treat (they are sensitive to medications), but I am not sure they get it […]

would advise cleaning all brushes and any other tools used on an infectious horse. Wear gloves and change them between treating different horses. One thing I have noticed is that most horses with Mud Fever have some sort or heat issue in the hoof or even thrush so I always check this out and treat […]

I would like to tell you I know what the cause of Mud Fever is, but I honestly think there are different causes. Not all cases are the same, and this is why some treatments work on some and not others. Sometimes it is contagious as in all the horses get it and other times […]

Mud Fever, also known as the Scratches, dew poisoning, pastern dermatitis, grease heel, or greasy heel, rain rot, is conflicting but putting them all together concludes that Scratches is dermatitis, or inflammation of the skin, and the most common cause seems to be fungus which can be complicated by a bacterial infection. The fungus lives […]