A friend had a horse with a severely damaged leg due to getting caught up in a wire fence. The wound became horribly infected even though antibiotics were being used. As a last resort the vet suggested trying manuka honey which was smeared onto dressing and then applied to wounds. Neither he nor we could believe the speed with which the infection cleared and the wound healed up to leave very little in the way of scarring. Since then I have been a complete convert - always keeping manuka to hand in various forms.