On good days, it would stay on for a few hours during turnout. I tried using it by putting a bit of cotton wool with the gel over the toe crack, then taping it on with duct tape. You're supposed to apply it to some cotton wool or similar and then seal off the area to allow the fumes to do their thing. I'm honestly not sure how much good it did, but it works by creating fumes/gas that disinfects. IME, the only way to get on top of it is to either dry it out (air) or treat daily, and it's just impossible to get proper treatment down a narrow, deep crack.Īnother treatment I've tried is White Lightning Gel (different horse with toe crack, not yet full-blown WLD/seedy toe, and more as prevention). If there's a place/pocket where the WLD travels up quite a bit and where the crack is very narrow, I'd consider talking to your farrier about opening that area up to expose it to air. Or just leave without treatment, hoping enough air will get to it after cleaning before it gets packed with moist dirt again. If the WLD is superficial around most of the hoof, or the gap is pretty wide, I'd probably leave it and try cleaning it out daily (wire brush can be good to get caked dirt out of grooves) and then spray/pack with something antiseptic (Miltons, Red horse sole cleanse spray or ArtiMud, anything else you feel like trying). a thin piece of stiff wire that isn't pointy) to feel how deep it goes. using a paper clip that you've bent open (e.g. I think I'd investigate how deep the WLD goes e.g. I think the problem is that even if the CleanTrax does its job perfectly, you are still left with a narrow, moist crack and new bacteria will quickly settle in again. In the end, the only way to conquer it was to open up the crack enough to allow air in there. I do have experience dealing with a stubborn case of WLD/seedy toe though which started at/behind a toe crack and kept eating up the white line as quickly as it would grow down. Never used Cleantrax myself, so can't advise on how effective it is.
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