Systematic Veterinary Bacteriology and Mycology

TREATMENT

• Epizootic lymphangitis is a chronic disease, although some cases may heal spontaneously a few weeks after the development of clinical signs.
• The intravenous injection of 100 ml of sodium iodide of a 10% solution, repeated weekly for four weeks, gives good results.
• The infected horses were treated with an intravenous injection of amphotencin B at a dose of 0.2 mg/kg body weight three times on alternate days.
• The scabs were removed and the areas cleaned daily with an iodine solution for seven days.
• Administration of griseofulvin, repeated if necessary, has given good results when combined with iodides and local surgical treatment.
• The surgical treatment usually consists of opening the nodules and packing with gauze soaked in 7% tincture of iodine.