Is it ok to put oil onto horses dry flakey skin in tropical conditions like Thaialnd??

I have been helping with some horses in Thailand which have terrible skin problems.The almost dont have any fur left.The skin is dry, flakey and I am sure quite itchy for them.I started to treat them with a medicated shampoo, fungacide, for ringworm and dermatities etc. but the owner of the horses decided to then put cooking oil onto the horses skin.I told him that I did not think it a good idea but he said that the vet here in Thailand said that they use oil on all of the horses in troical Thailand.Anybody heard of this in other Asian countries????

Is it ok to put oil onto horses dry flakey skin in tropical conditions like Thaialnd??
cooking oil DOES work i come from a long line of showing horses and we use baby oil sometimes but cooking oil does work for us
Reply:What the? Yes you should use a fungacide if you have acess to "Simple Green" this works great, when you bath them use a low suds soap (as this will dry out their skin.) rinse with simple green all over, then in the final rinse try putting a little olive oil in the water. it should help. but not cooking oil all over gosh this will just make everything stick to them and not allow their coat to heal.

daphne