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Scott Fouch
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Username: Fouch
Post Number: 42
Registered: 3-2000
| | Posted on Tuesday, Nov 16, 2004 - 9:24 am: |   |
I have two weanlings that have quarter-ize crusty scabs on their backs (toward the back). One has about three and the other only has one. I just assumed it was rain rot but it really doesn't look like the picture in the article. |
Susan Bilsky
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Username: Suzeb
Post Number: 273
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, Nov 16, 2004 - 2:04 pm: | |
Hello Scott,
I am going through something similar myself.
Perhaps you could share a little more information about:
Diet
How these horses are kept
Weather conditions
Grooming practices
Exposure to other horses
Any medications or vaccines
Other horses beating them up
Insect Bites
Are you able to get photos to post?
Could be something real simple that doesn't require a whole lot of treatment.
Get the vet involved if this seems to be getting worse.
Susan B.
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Robert N. Oglesby DVM
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Username: Dro
Post Number: 11524
Registered: 1-1997
| | Posted on Wednesday, Nov 17, 2004 - 8:21 am: | |
Ringworm usually does not cause "crusts". Does the description of the scabs in the article fit what you are seeing?
DrO |
Scott Fouch
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Username: Fouch
Post Number: 43
Registered: 3-2000
| | Posted on Thursday, Nov 18, 2004 - 8:45 am: | |
No. They don't really look like anything that I have read about. I have had horses with rain scald and it doesn't look anything like the others. The spots are almost perfectly round and raised about 1/16 of an inch. They feel like scabs but are more greyish in color. They seem to be sore but I have not tried to pick them off. |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM
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Username: Dro
Post Number: 11530
Registered: 1-1997
| | Posted on Friday, Nov 19, 2004 - 6:03 am: | |
Is there hair embedded in the scabs Scott?
DrO |
Scott Fouch
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Username: Fouch
Post Number: 44
Registered: 3-2000
| | Posted on Saturday, Nov 20, 2004 - 8:52 am: | |
There is no hair embedded in the scabs. One of them came off (I had put novacin on it a couple of days earlier)and it just looks like pinkish smooth skin underneath. |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM
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Username: Dro
Post Number: 11538
Registered: 1-1997
| | Posted on Sunday, Nov 21, 2004 - 8:31 am: | |
Sounds encouraging.
DrO |
