Posted by Jonathan Cohen DVM on June 07, 1999 at 23:50:32:
In Reply to: Re: WLD atomic growth posted by Steve Bromley on June 06, 1999 at 01:02:30:
: : I currently shoe a grade mare who has the dreaded
: : WLD. She lives in, and works in sand. Re-sections
: : have been unsuccessful. The upside is the tremendous
: : hoof growth. She would be a great test horse
: : for something blue or purple or pink, I don't care,
: : as long as it might work. I would rather not
: : re-section her again, as it is painful for her,
: : and last time there was precious little to nail to.
: : Any ideas out there???
: Hi Jim
: Cutting it all away doesn't leave much to nail to but it
: lets the air get to it. Theorically oxygen and fugus don't
: mix. An alternative to cutting it all away is to clean
: out all (as much as you get to) of the crumbly stuff with
: hydrogen peroxide. Flush with water - if you don't the
: next step acreates a bunch of heat. Get some Lime-Sulfur
: solution at a nursery or hardware store (it's for fruit
: trees with fungus) soak a cotton ball with the solution.
: Fill up the crack (void) where the crumbly stuff was, with
: the cotton ball(s) nail your shoe on. Wear rubber gloves.
: The lime-sulfur stinks bad and I haven't had the
: opportunity to read the material safety data sheet on the
: stuff.
Years ago before we knew what we were treating ( and probably wwhat we were doing) we had a similar refractory case like yours. Right or wrong we cleaned out the separation, dumped in iodine crystals and added turpentine. Besides the neat purple smoke the horse did really well with no deleterious effects. In theory there should be no down side as WLD affects the lamina externa and media, not any sensitive tissue. Try at your own risk though.