TED'S REMEDIES
10/02/2006: Patrick from Toronto writes: "My horse has ecoli does Ted know anything about treating animals suchas horses with this? We give him antibiotics but it comes and goes. Thanks"

Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Dear Patrick: In veterinarian medicine cost effectiveness consideration is the most important variable in the treatment for e.coli against horses.

Often preventive medicine is the number one criteria, the second one is the use of medicine or non-medicine which are also cost effective.

As a result animal nutrition is extremely important in the prevention. Most nutrition for horses and other animal are quite easy to find, but the main consideration you will be looking for is, zinc, selenium, and manganese. Silicon, which comes from hay allow the horses to be come resistant. Frequently if horses are in stalls often, this is where e. coli is found. If they were allowed to graze outside this would be a better way.

Mixing feeds with some bentonite powder will frequently reduce the e. coli or you can make clay ball and allow the horse to lick them. Some animals by instinct know when they are sick and will drink from water rich with bentonite clays. So you can add maybe a cup or two in a large tank of water using bentonite clay dissolved. The bentonite will cause the number and reduction of e.coli reducing the need for antibiotics in a number of cases. American indians have used healing clays (bentonite clays) for ages by mixing them in their drinking water as a cure for diarrhea.

Another way to prevent E. coli and killing them most cost effectively is the use of ozone and hydrogen peroxide therapy. Disinfection using peroxyacetic acid sprays on their food can be done, or spraying with a 3% hydrogen peroxide, is a relatively mild way to disinfect the food and stalls.

Proper ventrilation of stalls, sun exposure, cleanliness, the use of UV lights in stalls should reduce most of the problems. The use of ozone for breathing, or for treatment in various parts of the animals will also kill the e.coli as well. While there is a specific amounts of ozone to use, most commercial ozonators do produce enough amount of ozone to do the killing.

If you want some specific information for more details, please refer to the public source below. Ted

source: http://www.falconblanco.com/health/ozone/animals.htm

Veterinary Use of Ozone by Citizen's Council for Truth in Medicine, Washington, DC

Part I - Viral (Rickettsial and Chlamydial) Diseases (VRCDs) Ozone is very effective in acute and chronic viral diseases as a virucidal agent in reversing positive antibody tests and in improving the general health of the animals.

Ozone is the treatment of choice of Equine Infectious Enema (EIA, Swamp fever) and promptly reverses the clinical symptoms and a positive Coggins test. Ozone is equally effective against Equine Ehrlichiosis and Potomac Horse Fever, caused by the rickettsial agents Ehrlichia equi and E. risticii respectively, as well as against Equine Encephalomyelitis (EE) including Eastern (EEE), Western (WEE), Venezuelan (VEE) and other togaviral and flaviviral EE, Equine Viral Arteritis, African Horse Sickness (AHS), Equine Herpesvirus I (EHV-1) infection, Equine Viral Rhinopneumonitis and Myeloencephalopathy, Equine Influenza and other VRCDs of horses and other animals including cattle, (e.g. chlamydial abortion from Chlamydia psittaci, et al.), cats, dogs, sheep, goats, domestic birds and various zoo animals.

Part II - Respiratory Diseases of Horses

Ozone is effective against respiratory viral infections (RVIs) (see part I) such as RVIs caused by EHV-1 (rhinopneumonitis), equine arteritis virus, rhonovirus, influenza as well as adenovirus pneumonia with combined immunodeficiency in Arabian foals.

Ozone is also effective against viral respiratory infections with secondary bacterial infection (see part III) that produces mucopurulent nasal discharge, exacerbates the cough, and may lead to lung abscessation, pneumonia or pleurisy. For ozone treatment of COPD (heaves), see part IV. Ozone is the treatment of choice for Exercise-Induced Pulmonary Hemorrhage (EIPH, Epistaxis, "Bleeder"), especially in States and Countries that do not allow furosemide (LasixR). In most cases ozone reverses the bronchitis, neovascularization and fibrosis, and through a homeopathic mechanism, the other contributory factors of EIPH in "bleeders".

Part III - Bacterial Diseases

Ozone is very effective for acute and chronic bacterial diseases, including those that do not respond well to antibiotics such as Glanders (Pseudomonas mallei); Septicemia in foals (e.g. from E. coli, Klebsiella spp., Actinobacillus spp.); Leptospirosis (Leptospira interrogans); Listeriosis (Listeria monocytogenes); ContagiousEquine Metritis (CEM from Taylorella equigenitalis); retained placenta with consecutive metritis, septicemia and laminitis; Tularemia (Francisella tularensis); Clostridial diseases e.g. Tetanus Enterotoxemia (Cl. perfringens infection); Malingnant Edema (Cl. septicum); Botulism and Infectious Necrotic Hepatitis (Cl. novyi); Lyme Disease (Borrelia burgdorferi); Actinobaccilosis (e.g. A. equuli in horses); Anthrax; Melioidosis hematogenous septic polyarthritis with primary Brucellosis (Brucella melitensis, B. abortus, B. suis, B. canis, B. ovis, B. neotomae) and others, especially in valuable race horses and zoo animals.

Part IV - Fungal Diseases

Ozone is effective against systemic Actinomycosis and Candidiasis, Chromomycosis, North American Blastomycosis, Histoplasmosis, Aspergillosis and is a valuable adjunct in Chronic Obstructive ulmonary Disease (COPD, heaves) of horses.

In the treatment of heaves, ozone relieves acute "asthmatic" attacks and the paroxysmal cough and effectively preverses the allergic component from inhalation of molds, dust and other air pollution as well as the triggering respiratory infection.

Part V - Leukemias, Lymphomas and other Malignancies

Ozone is an effective adjunct to high-pH therapy and other treatment methods of the Life Science Universal (LSU) modalities for these conditions.

Ozone is a valuable adjunct for the treatment of Equine Sarcoids (generally in younger horses) and SquamousCell Carcinoma (most frequently in older horses).

Ozone is particularly effective against any blood and malignant disease caused by viruses and bacteria such as Bovine Leukosis, Canine Malignant Lymphomas, Feline Lymphosarcoma, Feline Leukemia and lymphoproliferative disorders in turkeys, chickens and zoo animals.

Part VI - Rectal and Other Typical Applications of Ozone

Rectal ozone insufflations are a powerful adjunct to the treatment of both infectious and noninfectious diseases of the digestive tract. Ozone is effective in reducing intestinal parasites (helminths), viruses and rickettsiae (see part I, e.g. Rotavirus and Ehrlichia in horses), bacteria (see Part III, e.g. enterotoxigenic E. coli, Salmonella spp., Rhodococcus (Corynebacterium equi in horses), protozoa and fungi (see Part IV, e.g. Eimeria spp. and Aspergillus fumigatus in horses) and algae (Prototheca spp.). Ozone is effective in diarrhea and inflammatory bowel disease of horses.

Vaginal ozone insufflations are effective against vaginal Candidiasis (see Part IV, Vaginitis, Equine Coital Exanthema (EHV-3), Contagious Equine Metritis (see Part III).

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