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Esther A. Lathrop
New Member
Username: Bess
Post Number: 1
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, Oct 25, 2005 - 2:54 pm: |   |
I have been told my horse has a fungus in his ears.
How should I treat this problem? Esther |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM
Moderator
Username: Dro
Post Number: 13978
Registered: 1-1997
| | Posted on Wednesday, Oct 26, 2005 - 7:58 am: | |
Welcome Esther,
There is a often misdiagnosed condition of the ears, can you describe the appearance of the ear lesions?
DrO |
Esther A. Lathrop
New Member
Username: Bess
Post Number: 2
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, Oct 29, 2005 - 9:52 am: | |
Thank you Dr. for responding.
He has like white polkas dots inside his ears. |
Karen Nolte
Member
Username: Morg1
Post Number: 80
Registered: 4-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, Oct 29, 2005 - 10:30 am: | |
When I was a kid we bought a horse that had some kind of fungus in his ear. It was a rather big spot. I remember it being kind of a creamy yellow color, and it would flake off if you picked at it. It seemed to cause him pain when you picked at it or bridled him. We tried to treat it once, and treating it caused him quite a bit of pain and we saw very little positive results with the method that our vet (not sure what that was now, but we picked the stuff off and applied some kind of cream to it). It never seemed to bother him unless we actually handled the ear, so we gave up and just took more care with putting the bridle on. We owned him until he died, and it never got worse and never seemed to bother him beyond putting the bridle on. |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM
Moderator
Username: Dro
Post Number: 14006
Registered: 1-1997
| | Posted on Sunday, Oct 30, 2005 - 10:52 am: | |
This is not a fungus or an infection of any kind see, Equine Diseases » Skin Diseases » Bumps / Nodules / Warts / Tumors » Overview of Bumps, Nodules, Warts & Tumors. Check out the heading Aural Plaques.
DrO |
