TREATMENT METHOD

Ivanhoes treatment method: profit from other peoples experience!

Bases on experience of other users, Ivanhoe Horse Equipment has developed a treatment method on how to deal with sweet itch. This framework helps you to make the most effective choice in the Ivanhoe products and gives advise in daily use.

How does it work?

First determine in the table below to what extent your horse suffers from sweet itch. This is linked to a certain category.

You then go to the second table. In this table you decide on the basis of your category, which treatment suits your horse best.

Example: a horse that has category two in the first table, will also have category two in the second table.


DIVISION SWEET ITCH HORSES
category description
1 Horse scratches once or twice a day, particularly on the manes and/or tail and/or flanks. Manes, tail and flanks are not or hardly damaged.
2 Horse scratches several times a day, particularly on the manes and/or tail and/or flanks. Manes and/or tail and/or flanks are irritated as result of damages caused by itching.
3 Horse scratches several times a day, particularly on the manes and/or tail and/or flanks and/or belly joint, sometimes also on the head. Manes and/or tail and/or flanks and/or belly joint and/or head are irritated as result of damages caused by itching.
4 Horse scratches a large part of the day, particularly on the manes and/or tail and/or flanks and/or belly joint, but also on the head. Manes and/or tail and/or flanks and/or belly joint and/or head are irritated as result of damages caused by itching.


TREATMENT METHOD SWEET ITCH HORSES
category treatment method
1
  • Wash your horse with neem tree shampoo once a month.
  • Then treat the irritated parts (manes, tail, flanks) with skin oil. Apply this skin oil treatment once up to a few times per week.
  • We advise you to keep your horse in stables two hours before and two hours after dusk as well as dawn.
  • Keep your horse away from places where flies like to stay, such as bushes, a group of trees, the muckheap or standing water.
2
  • Wash your horse with neem tree shampoo once a month.
  • Then treat the irritated parts (manes, tail, flanks) with skin oil. Apply this skin oil treatment once up to a few times per week.
  • Put a neck blanket on the horse. It is possible that the skin under the blanket no longer needs to be treated with skin oil, because the irritation diminishes there.
  • We advise you to keep your horse in stables two hours before and two hours after dusk as well as dawn.
  • Keep your horse away from places where flies like to stay, such as bushes, a group of trees, the muckheap or standing water.
3
  • Wash your horse with neem tree shampoo once a month.
  • Then treat the irritated parts (manes, tail, flanks, belly joint) with skin oil. Apply this skin oil treatment once up to a few times per week.
  • Put a rug on the horse, if necessary in combination with a hood. It is possible that the skin under the rug and/or hood no longer needs to be treated with skin oil, because the irritation diminishes there.
  • We advise you to keep your horse in stables two hours before and two hours after dusk as well as dawn.
  • Keep your horse away from places where flies like to stay, such as bushes, a group of trees, the muckheap or standing water.
4
  • Wash your horse with neem tree shampoo once a month.
  • Then treat the irritated parts (manes, tail, flanks, belly joint, head or elsewhere) with skin oil. Apply this skin oil treatment once up to a few times per week.
  • Put a rug and a hood on the horse. It is possible that the skin under the rug and/or hood no longer or less needs to be treated with skin oil, because the irritation diminishes there.
  • We advise you to keep your horse in stables two hours before and two hours after dusk as well as dawn.
  • Keep your horse away from places where flies like to stay, such as bushes, a group of trees, the muckheap or standing water.

We emphasize that the information given on this page is nothing more than a device in how to give the right treatment to a horse suffering from sweet itch, exclusively on the basis of Ivanhoe Horse Equipment products. Considering the fact that other conditions, such as type of meadow, environment, herd behaviour and further care also play an important role, the practise may differ from the above mentioned information.

Do you have questions about the treatment method?

It can be that you are in doubt of choosing the right category or that you have questions about the treatment strategy linked to a certain category. If so, please fill in your question below. Your question will then be sent to Ivanhoe and answered as soon as possible. Should Ivanhoe not be able to answer your question, we will inform you about that. Generally spoken we then advise you to contact your vet.

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