These are just tips I have picked up over the years. A lot of the authors are unkown to me, but these tips are excellent and a great timesaver.

Stable Cough

Soak your horse's hay in a big bucket of warm water for 15-20 minutes. Pour out the water and then shake the hay out as well as possible to remove any residue . Then feed, off the ground, preferably in an elevated feeder.

Rain Rot- Mud Fever- Ringworm-

Use listerine mouthwash (the regular amber colored) and spread it on the affected areas. Or clip hair around the affected area and apply a layer of cold sauerkraut. Apply twice daily until you see the condition vanish. For mud fever you can also wash the foot off really well and dry it. Then apply a thick coat of desitin baby ointment to the area. Repeat this treatment every three days.

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Snow off

To keep snow off your horse's feet, spray the feet with PAM cooking spray, or pull the shoes off your horse for the winter, or smear the feet with Orville Reddnebacker Butter Only Oil or apply vaseline to the frog

Hoof Abscess or Large Wounds

Mix together sugar and betadine solution into a paste like consistency. Spread this mixture over the affected area.

Use raw honey before it is processed. Make sure you get the honey straight from the beekeeper. Apply the honey mixture to the wound. After the wound heals, to promote regrowth of hair, use Preparation H