Maybe the standard tests are not sufficient. Tapeworms often
don't show up either.
Go to www.pubmed.com and search < Onchocerca +horses >
You will find many publications.
Garnet
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Dianne France wrote:
Garnet
Why don't these worms show up in cultures?
Dianne
> Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:01:44 -0500
> From: gar...@grandecom.net
> To: silver-list@eskimo.com
> Subject: Re: CS>CS for Equine sweet itch
>
> If he has it in his mane and on his tail head it is allergy
> to the bite of the
> cuculoides midge. Other skin problems are associated, such
> as a tendency
> to get rain rot.This midge is a carrier of Onchocerca. a
> worm that some horses
> are allergic to. The main problem is the immature stage of
> the Onchocerca
> called filariads.
>
> Onchoceriasis is a cause of Uveitis, Moon blindness, in
> horses and humans
> when the migrating filariads enter the eye and cause an
> autoimmune inflammation
> that often results in blindness with no cause ever being
> detected. It is more
> commonly a cause of blindness in third world countries
> although I am told
> by a vet opthamologist at Texas A&M that it just goes
> unrecognized in
> humans in the US.
>
> Generally it takes until at least 7 years of age for this
> syndrome to manifest to
> a severe degree. It is worse in the spring and summer,
> better in the winter due
> to the midge dying off. I had a mare who I bought at age 7
> who declined for
> the next four years and was seen by many vets until I found
> one who recognized
> the syndrome, he was an older man and very knowledgeable. He
> said many
> practitioners did not know this syndrome and would give
> steroids for the skin
> condition.
>
> The load of the worm builds over a period of years even with
> regular worming
> at two month intervals. Often to a systemic reaction with
> sores breaking out on
> the belly, flanks, face and shoulders. The belly especially
> can then end up with
> fungal infections as secondary opportunists. Often the skin
> develops wrinkles
> over the shoulder from the inflammation.
>
> You want to kill the filariads slowly and interrupt the
> short live cycle initially to
> knock the numbers back. To do this give half doses of
> Ivermectin every two
> weeks for four doses, then every three weeks for four
> doses, then a full dose once a month or a daily wormer. Some
> horses that
> go untreated end up on steroids which further suppress their
> immunity and
> then as they decline in health they succumb to something
> like the flu.
>
> The allergic reaction to the midge bites may be due to a
> load of Onchocerca
> worms causing a generalized immune reaction. Worming every 8
> weeks is not
> enough to control the population of filariads from building
> to a critical level.
> The sores on the skin that develop in certain areas are
> groups of the migrating
> filariads. One vet actually told me the sores on my mare's
> flanks were Cancer!
> I knew this was not true as she was biting at her flanks
> every spring and the
> sores went away in the winter.
>
> Once the heavy load of filariads is brought under control
> worming using the half
> doses of Ivermectin a maintenance schedule of once a month
> will interrupt the
> cycle and restore immune health. Keep him on a once a month
> schedule year
> round.
>
> CS will help control the skin condition but you must treat
> the cause to make any
> real progress. I have also used Sugardine on the skin, which
> is Betadine ointment
> mixed with table sugar to the consistency of runny peanut
> butter, it will thicken
> over night as the sugar swells. It is effective against
> fungal infections of the skin
> and will stay on longer than CS.
>
> Garnet
>
> Misc. IP Group wrote:
> > Hi anybody used CS for equine sweet itch or any other recommendations?
> >
> >
> >
> > Have a stallion who is suffering terribly and if any part of his
> > body is exposed he’s bitten badly and now has scabs and open wound
> > in those places. Tried fly sprays, sweet itch blankets etc but
> > still to no avail.
> >
> >
> >
> > Was wondering if spraying CS would help or if it needs to be
> > combined with something to 1) help heal the wounds and b) strengthen
> > his system to be able to fight the sweet itch naturally.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Many thanks
> >
> >
> >
> > Peter
> >
>
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