A Better Approach To Parasite Control (blog)
Parasite control is being debated within the profession. The worry of resistance is real. But the truth of controlling parasites lies in how your moth…
Category: Skin And Hair System Topics
Abnormal Skin Features
This topic covers anything that isn't considered normal on the skin of the horse and is not categorized into another topic.
Anhidrosis (Non-sweating horses)
No one has determined why some horses in the same environment stop sweating while others do sweat but we know that every horse is different with diffe…
Breakdown Of Connective Tissue In Horses – Rounds With Doc T
The journey of how to feed horses correctly started with the epidemic of suspensory ligament disease. The suspensory ligaments are part of the group o…
Dependent Edema
Blood, like any liquid, falls to the lowest point. When the liquid part of blood leaks out of the blood vessels, it always gravitates to the low point…
Depigmentation (Leukotrichia)
The cause for the horse's skin to lose color in patches of hair in one spot or throughout its body is not common and is still without explanation.
Equine Sarcoid
Equine Sarcoid is a benign tumor of the skin of the horse that is very common, usually limiting itself to above the knee and forward of the girth.
Habronemiasis (Summer Sores)
Inflammation caused by the biting stable fly that deposits the larvae of the habronema nematode producing moist sores on the eyes, mouth, nostrils, fo…
Insect Sensitivity
Insect sensitivity can range in degrees between different horses from mild to severe but is always during fly season.
Melanoma
Melanoma in horses is usually a benign tumor of the black skin of horses that occurs in many areas of the horse's body but doesn't metastasize.
No Sweat! (blog)
Horses living in climates with high temperatures and high humidity are often affected by anhidrosis (non-sweating). This is a highly effective cure th…
Normal Hair Loss
Foals are born with a lot of hair that falls off during the spring and summer months. Recognizing this as a natural process will alleviate anxiety in…
Partial Skin Thickness Wounds
Surgery topics are items that help the horse owner understand the fundamentals behind wounds and surgical lesions in horses. This particular topic ne…
Pressure Sores
When body weight is applied to the skin area for a prolonged period of time, the skin actually dies from the pressure placed upon it creating pressure…
Proud Flesh
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Puncture Wounds
Puncture wounds can be invisible and inoculate the area with bacteria. If left untreated the infection can kill your horse. A tetanus vaccination is e…
Pythiosis
This severe disease is often confused with habronemiasis which is also commonly called summer sores. This is a fungus based, highly invasive cancer th…
Rain Rot (Dermatophilosis)
Small, raised scabs on the back of a horse have a bacteria causing the lesion. The treatments recommended usually don't cover the cause.
Report on James (testimony)
This is a testimony from a horse owner who took the 2 week no-grain challenge. "after 7 days i noticed a significant change—his itching had decrease…
Ringworm (dermatophytosis)
Fungal infections can affect the skin of the horse and is contagious between horses and humans. There is usually an immunosuppression factor involved.
Scratches Or Grease Heel
Dermatitis, or inflammation of the skin, on the back side of the pastern can become severe in some horses. The usual treatments do not address the ca…
Sheath Edema
The sheath is at the farthest point from the heart and damage to the blood flow in castrated males can sometimes prevent the normal flow of blood lead…
Skin Abscesses
The purpose of an abscess is to move a foreign material that is inside the body to the outside. When this occurs, it is said to be draining and is a …
Skin And Hair
The purposes of skin and hair are many and equally important. They keep everything inside in and everything outside out. It grows hair and adds fat …
Skin Lumps
In vet school I learned that a lump is a lump until proven otherwise. Only a biopsy can determine or confirm a diagnosis.
Skin Reactions To Veterinary Treatment
Some horses will react adversely to medications showing a disruption from the normal skin condition. These include bumps, depigmentation, and tempora…
Skin Scars
Scars occur during healing of full thickness skin wounds including surgery. They can range from unseen but felt to hairless, depigmented masses.
Squamous Cell Of The Skin
This common cancer is locally invasive on pink skin such as the eyes, penis, and in the skull of the horse.
Tack Injury
Skin rubs occur either acutely from trauma or insidiously through wear against objects such as tack, blankets, or the environment.
Tail Rubbing
Tail rubbing is common in stabled and non-stabled horses and the cause is simple as well as the solution. The frayed hairs at the tail head is evidenc…
The Skin Of Horses – Rounds With Doc T
We all see the skin, yet we all see the same thing and wonder what to do about it. The first thing to do is correctly identify what we are seeing and …
Trauma Wounds
Traumatic wounds are different from surgical wounds for one major reason. The underlying trauma to the soft tissue complicates healing that is beyond…
Unknown Skin Lesions
Most skin diseases in horses are ignored and random treatments are applied or the lesion is ignored. Here are a few of these.
Warts
Warts are virus caused growths on the skin usually on young horses and usually on the lips and muzzle.
Wire Wounds
Wire wounds are difficult because of the underlying soft tissue damage that wants to slough off before the wound can close.
Worms! (blog)
How did your parents deworms you? Fecal egg counts, dewormers and natural control are discussed here. The cause of infection and controlling worms is …
Wounds In Horses-Podcast #043
This is a review of what kind of wounds occur in the horse, what needs to be done about them and how to make them heal with the best possible outcomes…