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| hilary3001 |
Posted - 21 Feb 2011 : 6:42:38 PM
A 2004 topic in this forum comes up when I google Equr, a product for mud fever which was originally made by a company called Gayne Prospero. I have experience of its use from way back but seem unable to get it now. I know that the company was sold some years ago and the only company listing Equr on the internet (Frontline Trading/ Natural Products/Natural Equine Products) has a phone number that doesn't work and which is not listed by directory enquiries).
Has anyone any information about what happened to this magic product? Is it being sold under a different name maybe? |
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| Cate |
Posted - 23 Feb 2011 : 10:55:45 AM
I used Equr when Gayne Prospero owned the company, so going back to 1999. The mare in my signature came to me in the August from the breeder and took such severe mud rash due to stress of moving home. In December after numerous visits from the vet, steroids, antibiotics you name it we used it she had swollen legs with heat and severe redness. When lying down she was in so much pain I was called from the feed room because her breathing was so rapid due to the pain and because of the noises she made.
I used Equr and this cleared her legs up amazingly, so I suppose it's like everything what works on one might not work on another.
Their product Heelit is fabulous also having used it on an injury the same mare sustained while at stud i.e her knee was opened with synoval fluid seeping. My vet couldn't believe how her knee healed and asked what I was putting on under the bandages...heelit! Also Aloe Vera or Manuka Honey as someone else has suggested are products I have used with fabulous results. |
| Misshana |
Posted - 23 Feb 2011 : 08:31:05 AM
Hi I think this is the product that you keep spreading on and looks like honey. I used it on my horse around 2001 and his legs got a lot worse and ended up having to have steroids from vet. I find dry powders are the best to clear mud fever on the horses I've had. Creams etc just seem to keep them moist. If you can keep them dry then the scabs normally drop off with grooming. |
| Cate |
Posted - 22 Feb 2011 : 11:24:23 PM
Hi Mary, I've pm'd you. |
| jasjmm |
Posted - 22 Feb 2011 : 10:39:54 PM
Hi, could you pm me also please? I've a friend who has had a real problem with mud fever with her horse this year. Many thanks,
Mary |
| jasjmm |
Posted - 22 Feb 2011 : 10:09:48 PM
Hi, could you pm me also please? I've a friend who has had a real problem with mud fever with her horse this year. Many thanks,
Mary |
| Cate |
Posted - 22 Feb 2011 : 7:18:09 PM
Hi Hilary,
I've pm'd you with a link.
Cate |
| finefilly |
Posted - 22 Feb 2011 : 6:57:28 PM
I use aqueous cream at the moment. Seems to help. Vet gave me it with penicillin in it and it worked like a dream. |
| BeckyBoodle |
Posted - 22 Feb 2011 : 10:28:36 AM
Back up the vote of confidence in Red Horse products - I use their field paste to get Eba through the winter where she is stood in soggy clay and it has made such a difference to her hooves this year. The frogs aren't anywhere near as soggy and it has really kept the thrush at bay.
B |
| marengo |
Posted - 22 Feb 2011 : 09:24:43 AM
I don't know if it's a similar product, but Red Horse do a 'honey heal' ointment. I've used their hoof products, which are excellent, and the honey heal has got great reviews too.
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| azeer |
Posted - 22 Feb 2011 : 09:10:07 AM
Hilary - I used this product - which was a honey based product with a fewother things added - have you thought of trying manuka honey with a UMF of at least 15 - bet you would get similar results. |
| nerissanic |
Posted - 22 Feb 2011 : 01:31:54 AM
sorry, cant help you with this but i use udder cream; can't remember what make/brand it is but it comes in a yellow tub and is soft like aqueous cream, so very easy to apply -it's brilliant. i'll have a look tomorrow and let you know |
