December 2009

Hoof Infection and Skin Wound Combination Products

It gave us rapid, effective results.

By Eleanor Kellon, VMD.

As we were researching details of products submitted for our recent skin wound and infections trial, we came across a few that specifically claimed to treat both thrush/hoof infections and skin problems as well. We decided that if the products work, it could be save time, money and storage.

The common property of all of these products is a disinfecting effect. They don’t have a conditioning or moisturizing effect, and they don’t contribute to healing except to help prevent infections. Disinfectants (aka antiseptics) kill organisms on contact within minutes but usually have no long-term residual effect (iodine is an exception here). …