There is a fungus ravaging horses in So Cal. Has anyone figured out how to get rid of it?

Ours have it on their bellies and everytime we think we've conquered it, it reappears. Help!There is a fungus ravaging horses in So Cal. Has anyone figured out how to get rid of it?
I like to use an iodine mixture...





I use 4% straight on any fungus...any higher percentage...I dilute with water. Say 7%, I would dilute 2 parts iodine with 1 part water. And I spray every 3 days or so...until gone. I learned this from a vet...and it worked for me.





Don't share grooming tools, disinfect girths and saddle pads, disinfect cinches and anything that 'touches' the horse.





Takes effort...but worth it.





EDIT...JJ...I've actually heard of that. Never tried it though.There is a fungus ravaging horses in So Cal. Has anyone figured out how to get rid of it?
i agree with the answerer above:fungus is very stubborn to treat!Talk to the vet!


Also,some fungus gets immune or tolerant to some medication, like some bacteria do.


Best, to get a second opinion, if you feel, that the local vet is not helping much!


I had fungus on my feet, and it took quite a while to get rid of!


Also:you must treat the area, where you keep the horses, its possible, that you treat them successfully, BUT:the poor horses are getting re-infected from somewhere?paddocks, pasture?Get a second opinion!
I havn't heard of that and I live in SoCal. It could be fly allergies, so I suggest getting a fly sheet with a neck cover and belly wrap and spray them alot with flyspray. Eqyss makes a product called MicroTek that works like a miracle on most any fungus. If the sores are open, try using Novlesan ointment after you wash their bellies with MicroTek.





Also, clean your saddle pads and girths/cinches every day with LeatherTherapy wash, it inhibits mold and helps stop fungus, and I would als use the conditioner because it helps keep it from coming back again.





--Good Luck!!
Try spot treating with kerosene ... smells awful, but it'll kill the fungus. Something else that kills fungus ... take some copper crystals and dissolve them in water (like for pond treating), and wash them with that. The water'll be bluish looking.


Get your horses some licks that are high in copper - that will help as well.





Most all illnesses are derived from an imbalance in the body, nutritional or otherwise. Get your horses some seaweed meal (kelp is one name), and sprinkle 3 tbsp of that on thier feed. It will supply all the trace minerals AND will help keep them from overheating in the summer (not sure how it does that, but it does)
15 years of keeping horses that have to have that ';track shine'; and working with them on a daily basis for 15 years, having learned much from two very old horseman, and having seen it my self at tracks everywhere. I would say, Try pinesol, yes PINESOL. It works VERY well, and is SAFE, and is CHEAP, and is used on race horses EVERYWHERE. That fungus will be gone quick. Use a pail of warm water with premixed pinesol, apply with a sponge, wait 10 minutes or so, and rinse. Some may say.....';omg';.......or......';no way';......but yes way!. try it. I use it often, removes rainrott, rainscald, and fungus, and whats neat is, usually the coat comes back in color, rather then white. Once you have tried it, come back and post a comment, just to show the ';non-believers'; that will no doubt surface.
Years ago, I had an Arabian mare that had what was called ';girth itch';, a fungus along her cheek bones and on her belly. Then, we treated it with a mixture of 1/3 Clorox bleach to 2/3 water in a spray bottle three times a day. Some people have successfully used athletes foot medicine. Vets can also give you prescription meds. Funguses are stubborn but if you are persistent, you can clear it up. Just don't give up.
I'm sure that... oh what's it called... oh yeah vet, might need to make a visit. If it's a reoccuring sickness you really should have a vet take a look. If they are in wet conditions that is probably why it is coming back. Past that I dont' know since I'm not looking at your horse and testing it like a vet could.