Electric Wire Accident

A horse's wounds respond well to emu oil 

On September 9th this mare was injured when entangled in an electric barbed wire fence. She is also suckling a 3 month old foal. Dalton found his mare in the fence on Sept. 9, 1998. The local Vet said he didn't know how she would fare. A local farmer told him she should be put down. Another farmer told him he should try emu oil. Dalton opted to use the emu oil. There are the results...

Four days after the accident. First day emu oil was applied.	Two days after emu oil.	Three weeks after emu oil. Mare laid down for the first time. The next day she walked.
Four weeks. The mare is now getting around very well.	Six weeks.	Eleven weeks.

Q) How often did you apply the oil?
A) Twice a day... most of the time, sometimes only once.

Q) How often did you wash out the wounds?
A) Only a couple of times, after we started the emu oil... The oil seemed to keep the injury moist, clean, and allowed it to heal from the inside out.

Q) What about flies?
A) The emu oil helped that problem too... the only time I felt I needed to use fly spray was days I knew I couldn't get back before dark. But then I realized the flies would land but they wouldn't stay. I don't think they liked the oil.

Comment: After 8 weeks Dalton was only applying the emu oil once a day, he said that it doesn't seem to be healing as fast, and is applying the oil twice a day again.

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