![]() ![]() The key to CleanTrax's effectiveness lies in a unique stabilizing process, making it extremely surface active and allowing it to penetrate quickly and deeply to the root of the infection.ĬleanTrax's cleansing action purges bacteria, fungi, and spores from the deepest hoof layers and crevices and also removes dead, powdery, soft remnants of tissue destroyed by fungal activity. For that they say to use it 2-3 times a week to start with though, which seems a bit more realistic to me.CleanTrax is a deep penetrating hoof cleanser proven effective in eliminating even the toughest infections, in most case with just a single application.ĬleanTrax contains a proprietary hypochlorous compound which is non-narcotizing and has no adverse effects on normal, healthy cells. There is a liquid which seems to work in the same way as the CleanTrax. I did see the White Lightning Gel but I just couldn't see how it could be practical for use in the field for the reasons you say. I think I will try the CleanTrax but I think I will carry on to clean it daily too because I just don't want to take the risk of it getting worse. I think this bit is more of a worry for me in a way. I don't think there's enough hoof growth yet though for this bit to be trimmed out. It's quite a long section so I want to stop it now before it starts to eat upwards. So far as I can tell there are no actual upwards cracks there yet but it's starting to go manky and I can see where the wall is starting to come away. The other bit is the white line travelling back from there. That's obviously up to the farrier to decide though. It's what I would ideally like and on the one hand I think that given that bit of hoof wall has already gone maybe it will be possible. I was looking this morning to see if I thought the farrier would be able to cut it away without compromising what's left to stand on and I'm undecided. It's quite shallow and I can easily to get in to clean it and squirt it with whatever but given that it's already a little way up from ground level I don't want it to travel any further. So there's a bit of hoof not touching the floor already and there's a small hole under there. The first is where the shoe came off in the field and took some hoof wall with it. There are two separate areas for me I suppose. ![]() Did you genuinely not using anything at all afterwards with less than perfect hoof there? MissTyc, I'm very prepared to hang around for the time it takes to do a full soak and stick it in up to the knee (although I don't really understand that point) but I still can't understand how the nasties wouldn't start to get back in afterwards, as per what supsup said. I think the flaw with that method is that there's likely already quite a bit of dirt/gunk stuck up in the hole, so not sure how much of the fumes make actual contact with the hoof itself, and deep cleaning is difficult before application. 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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