TREATMENT GUIDES FOR THERMAL MUD USES
Application recommendations
HORSES
TYING-UP (MONDAY MORNING)
In the case of Tying-up, prevention is obviously much better than having to treat. This said, Vermate and Thermal Mud used together is the answer to both scenarios.
PREVENTION
1. Give 60ml Vermate 2 x per day the day before a race, or hard training session.
2. On the day of the race / hard training, give 60ml via syringe in the morning before the race.
3. Use Thermal Mud as per page 8 (Muscle Maintenance)
4. Give 60ml Vermate 2 x per day the day after.
TREATMENT
1. If the horse is already tying-up, give 200 – 400ml via syringe into the mouth.
2. Apply Thermal Mud all over the neck, back, lower back, and hamstrings.
3. If needed, give a second dose of 200ml Vermate.
4. If a horse is prone to tying-up, give 30-50ml Vermate 2 x per day for maintenance.
SARCOIDS / GROWTHS
1. Wash the growth with 10% hydrogen peroxide and ensure its clear of all dried blood, scabs and dirt.
2. Apply Thermal Mud onto the growth, also rub it into the area around the growth and especially where it meets the healthy cells.
3. If possible, cover the growth with a plastic bag and tie with a cut elastic band.
4. Before each application, remove all old Thermal Mud carefully from the growth. Repeat process 2 x per day.
5. If the growth is scabby and or flat, rub the Thermal Mud into it thoroughly.
Note: When treating sarcoids, the healing process will allow the body to push out the sarcoid. The blood flow will start to drain the area which may lead to bleeding or swelling of the sarcoid.
TAKE NOTE THAT THE SARCOID IS NOT GROWING, IT EXPANDS DUE TO INCREASED BLOOD FLOW. IT IS ON ITS WAY OUT. JUST CARRY ON WITH THE TREATMENT AT THIS POINT AND DON’T PANIC!! THIS IS PART OF THE HEALING PROCESS.
OPEN WOUNDS
1. Clean wound with water and 10% Hydrogen Peroxide (optional) if there is infection.
2. Dilute the mud with enough water that it sticks into the wound.
3. Pack the Thermal Mud into the wound.
4. Apply 2 x per day. VERY IMPORTANT TO wash ALL the old mud out of the wound before applying the new Thermal Mud.
5. For open wounds on lower limbs, cover the wound after Thermal mud has been applied with cling wrap, bandage inner, and bandage. Leave on FOR NOT LONGER than 1 hour at a time, and not more than ONCE a day.
6. Clean wound 2 x per day and reapply Mud, but only cover 1 x per day. Let Mud dry and wash off.
Note: if there is already proud flesh present when starting with the Thermal Mud treatment, the proud flesh will rot away so don’t panic when the wound smells bad. Wash with 10% Hydrogen Peroxide before each new Mud application.
Wounds with proud flesh can be covered 2 x per day for no longer than 1 hour at a time.
PREVENTING LEG INJURIES WITH INTENSE TRAINING
1. After an intense training session or after a Show/ race/ intense workout. Hose the horse’s legs and make sure the area is clean from sand, thorns, or any foreign objects.
2. Leave the legs damp for easier application.
3. Thermal Mud should be diluted enough to be absorbed through the hair and skin.
4. Apply it to the whole leg from above the knee/hock joint down to the coronary band above the hoof. Optional: Use cling wrap and cover the applied area from the knee/hock down. Take bandage fillers/cotton wool and cover each leg with a bandage.
5. WARNING: Please check the heat reaction after 5 min from applying cling wrap. The heat reaction can cause blistering so it’s very important to check. If the heat is too severe, you can just leave the Thermal Mud on without covering. (Keep covered for a couple of hours or overnight.)
6. After removing the bandages, hose the legs with cold water to remove all the dried Mud.
NOTE: PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU KNOW HOW TO BANDAGE PROPERLY AS INCORRECT BANDAGING CAN CAUSE A LOT OF DAMAGE.
MUSCLE MAINTENANCE
1. After strenuous workouts, wet areas where Thermal Mud is to be applied
2. Neck, back, lower back, hamstrings and/or shoulders
3. Dilute Thermal Mud 1:1 with water and apply onto the muscles
4. Note the heat reaction as Thermal mud works its magic by activating healing where muscles are taking strain.
5. Let Thermal Mud dry and brush out of coat or wash it off.
6. Notice how stiff muscles become more supple and horses are more relaxed and willing to work correctly.
7. Treat legs as per “Intense training” page.
TENDON/LIGAMENT INJURIES
1. Wet area to be treated
2. Dilute Thermal Mud with enough water to penetrate hair and skin.
3. Apply a liberal amount to an injury.
4. Cover with cling wrap and CHECK HEAT REACTION after 5 min
5. If not too severe, cover with bandage inner and stable bandage overnight. (Blistering can occur if the heat reaction is too severe)
6. In the morning, wash off with running water and reapply the Thermal Mud.
7. Leave to dry and wash off. Bandage leg again for support without Thermal Mud.
8. In the evening, wet leg and apply Thermal Mud and cover for the night.
9. Repeat until the horse is sound.
Note: Treatment is most effective when started immediately after an injury has occurred. Recovery is 75 to 80% quicker than usual for injuries of this kind.
If older injuries are treated, recovery is also quicker than usual, but obviously not as quick.
MUSCLE INJURIES
1. Wet area to be treated
2. Dilute Thermal Mud with enough water to penetrate hair and skin.
3. Rub into the area of injured muscle, for example, Neck, shoulder, back, lower back, hamstrings etc.
4. Note the area heats up as the Thermal Mud works its magic by activating the body’s natural healing mechanism.
5. Repeat 2 to 3 times per day.
Note: The Thermal reaction is due to the body’s natural healing mechanism being activated. Increased blood circulation ensures oxygen and nutrients are transported to the injured area.
GREASY HEEL/MUD FEVER
1. Wash the “scabs” and dirt off with clean water. You can trim the fetlock hairs surrounding the area.
2. Once the area is clean, dry it with a clean cloth/towel
3. Dilute the Thermal Mud about 1:1 with water for easy application and to be absorbed through the skin.
4. Apply the Thermal Mud to the whole affected area, making sure it goes into the grooves and folds of the skin. You can apply it to the surrounding area as well.
5. Repeat 2 x per day.
6. Improvement should be seen within a couple of days.
NOTE: In Some cases, the Mud Fever can be quite severe and spread up the legs. (See Photos below). Make sure the Thermal Mud gets rubbed into the skin. This is CRUCIAL. Apply Thermal Mud twice a day. The results below were achieved in 2 weeks’ time. Please note that each case is different and may need more or less time to clear up.
It is always advisable that 30 ml of Vermate is given 2 x per day with the Thermal Mud Treatment, as the Vermate will ensure a detox and healing reaction from the inside out.
PUFFY JOINTS/WINDGALLS/CAPPED HOCK
1. Wet area where Thermal Mud is going to be applied.
2. Dilute Thermal Mud 1:1 with water, or enough to be absorbed through the hair and skin.
3. Apply to Puffy Joints/Windgalls/Capped Hock.
4. Cover with cling wrap, bandage inner and bandage.
5. Check heat reaction after 5min. If too severe, do not cover it again. Leave open and apply Mud 2 x per day.
6. Let dry and wash off before the next application.
7. If the heat reaction is not too severe. Wrap legs again and leave overnight. (This is the most effective and quickest treatment to eliminate puffy joints, windgalls, and capped hock.
PHLEG LEG/LYMPHANGITIS
1. Wet area where Thermal Mud is to be applied.
2. Dilute with enough water to be absorbed through the hair and skin
3. Massage into the whole affected area.
4. It is best to leave uncovered, do not bandage.
5. 2 x per day, wash all the old mud off and reapply.
6. For best results, give a double dose of Vermate (30ml 2 x per day)
Note: Phleg leg is very difficult to treat or to get 100% recovery. But we do get some good results and bring relief to these animals.
Treatment is not always successful as there are many variables, the severity and time the problem has been present play a huge roll.
SWEET ITCH / MANGE / ALLERGIES
1. With a brush or sponge, wash the area with clean running water.
2. Dry the area but make sure it is still damp for easier application.
3. Dilute Thermal Mud with enough water to be absorbed through the hair and skin. Apply to the whole affected area.
4. It’s important to rub the Mud in lightly.
5. Leave it to dry.
6. Wash the dried mud off completely before each application.
7. Repeat the above steps twice per day. Improvement will be noticed in about 3 days and should be cleared within 10 days (depending on the severity of the case).
Note: It is crucial to give 30 ml-60 ml Vermate 2 x per day with the treatment. The Vermate will assist in detoxing the horse and ensure healing FROM THE INSIDE OUT.
CATTLE
FMD SYMPTOM RECOVERY
Our FMD Protocol
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- Wash foot daily with 10% salt water solution, after wash foot daily with copper sulphate solution (500g in a 10-litre rug sac) until wounds and swelling and foot cracks and smells are gone. If very bad alternate with Zink Sulphate
- Paint feet with Thermal Mud, 2x a day on the swelling and cracks
- Feed daily Molasses meal, 1 sac to 3/4 sac no 1 or 2 salt, this helps the mouth get cleaned inside as the cattle drink extra water
- Keep free choice summer lick, we use Molatek Foslick
- Feed every 3rd day Rumex or gut help in the water
- Wash crib and treat once a week with citric acid, get pH <6.5 but below 8
- Collect all poop from high traffic areas for vehicles, and disinfect ground where it came from
- Spray out of your farm gates and change clothes and shoes when leaving to protect your neighbours, try not to travel on muddy or rain days to protect your neighboring farms
- Keep sick cattle contained at your kraal, feed soft grass or soft bales, sanitize when the groups of sick cattle change
Medication routine – Large cows or bulls
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- 90–100 mls Vermate orally 1–2x daily depending on severity of FMD, this keeps gut active and prevents issues from not eating when tongue is sore and heals mouth a lot faster, also keeps the animals’ bright eyes and shining coats
- Multivitamins and zinc products, your cattle need to be up to date on this as it helps them heal faster and gives them minerals when they get depleted. As directed on package, repeat weekly in infected cattle
- Ivermectin – 20ml orally 1–2x a day from day 1 of symptoms until day 3–5, if you cannot give orally, inject correct dose as directed, it will not be as quick
- If very severe give colloidal silver 50ml orally, this stays in the meat
- Vitamin Bco Bolic – 20 mls, daily while infected IM as this gives appetite and keeps them perky, this gets depleted in stress
- Pyroflam or Vetcam or other pain meds – 10–20mls depending on weight every 2nd day, this keeps the pain away and allows them to eat. If you are seeing any overlapping symptoms treat for Redwater or Heartwater with either Bernil, Rednil or Maxitet or Terramycin. Our vet Dr. Bester said it is normally the secondary infection that kills. If the mouth is cold and white with bad capillary refill time (color returning to the gums when pressed) we gave Rednil or Bernil
- Duplocillin or another Penicillin product, as directed by your vet
- If they have sores on nose, feet or teats, treat with Thermal Mud. When they have sores pull the calf for 24–48 hours and trim off the wounded skin, paint every 6–12 hours with Thermal Mud. Return calf to mother after it heals
Calf and young stock
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- reduced dose of everything according to their weight
READ A FULL CASE STUDY HERE: https://www.vermate.co.za/fmd-crisis-symptom-recovery/
PETS
ITCHING/MANGE/ALLERGIES
1. Dilute Thermal Mud approximately 1:1 with water to ensure that the mud is easily absorbed through the hair and skin.
2. Apply to the whole affected area.
3. Leave it to dry. Brush dried mud out of the coat or rinse off.
4. Repeat the above steps twice per day. Improvement will be noticed in about 3 days and should be cleared within 10 days (depending on the severity of the case).
Note: It is crucial to give Vermate (10 ml-20 ml) per day as part of the treatment. The Vermate will assist in detoxing the animal and improve healing FROM THE INSIDE OUT.
SARCOIDS / GROWTHS
1. If possible, remove scabs and dirt.
2. Apply Thermal Mud onto the growth, also rub it into the area around the growth and especially where it meets the healthy cells.
3. Before each application, remove all old Thermal Mud carefully from the growth. Repeat process 2 x per day.
4. If the growth is scabby and or flat, rub the Thermal Mud into it thoroughly.
Note: When treating sarcoids, the healing process will allow the body to push out the sarcoid. The increased blood flow will start to drain the area which may lead to bleeding or swelling of the sarcoid.
TAKE NOTE THAT THE SARCOID IS NOT GROWING, IT EXPANDS DUE TO INCREASED BLOOD FLOW. IT IS ON ITS WAY OUT. JUST CARRY ON WITH THE TREATMENT AT THIS POINT AND DON’T GET DISCOURAGED!! ONCE THE WOUND IS DRAINED, THE GROWTH WILL EITHER SHRINK OR FALL OFF.
OPEN WOUNDS
1. Pack Thermal Mud into the wound.
2. Apply 2 x per day. Before each application, VERY IMPORTANT TO Wash ALL the old mud out of the wound with clean water and apply new Thermal Mud. Allow the mud to dry on the wound before the next application (if possible, cover the wound with plastic wrap after applying the Mud).
3. The animal will lick the Thermal Mud so it is very important to give Vermate orally. After 3 days the animal won’t lick the Mud off anymore if Vermate is given (10 to 20ml per day).
4. Clean wound 2 x per day and re-apply Mud. Let Mud dry and wash off.
Note: if there is already scar tissue present when starting with the Thermal Mud treatment, the scar tissue will rot away so don’t panic when the wound smells bad. Wounds with scar tissue can be covered 2 x per day for no longer than 1 hour at a time.