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Patern Dermatitis:
Scratches, Grease Heel, Dew Poisoning, Mud Fever, and Photosenstization in Horses
by Robert N. Oglesby DVM
Introduction
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Causes and Clinical Signs
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Diagnosis
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Treatment
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No matter what you call it, scratches, grease heel, dew poisoning, or mud fever, this condition looks the same. Characterized by slowly enlarging redness, crusts (scabs), and open sores on the back of the heels and pastern. Unchecked this condition may spread to the coronet band and even further up. The sores are painful and can cause lameness. This report concerns itself with the cause, treatment, and prevention of this condition.
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~Last Updated: September 08, 2009;
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Discussions on Scratches, Grease Heel, Dew Poisoning, & Mud Fever
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 | Homemade panalog? | 1 | 16 | Oct 15, 09 |
| Scratches Attack After 4 Day Vacation on the Coast | 1 | 8 | Oct 2, 09 |
| Possible for scratches to spread to flanks? | 1 | 12 | Sep 22, 09 |
| Can't get rid of scratches | 1 | 11 | Dec 23, 08 |
| Scratches Aggravated by Treatment? | 1 | 14 | Jan 1, 08 |
| Scratches and yeast in diet | 1 | 3 | Aug 13, 07 |
| Scratches / dew poisoning | 1 | 4 | May 30, 07 |
| Dry crusty areas with hair loss on the cannon bone | 1 | 17 | Nov 29, 06 |
| Will scratches cause hoof pain | 1 | 3 | May 20, 06 |
| Studies on scratches | 1 | 2 | May 25, 05 |
| Scratches | 1 | 29 | May 26, 05 |
| Scratches on face as well as legs? | 1 | 5 | Oct 14, 04 |
| Scratches and rain rot | 1 | 7 | Feb 16, 06 |
| Scratches of not? | 1 | 26 | Aug 11, 09 |
| Scratches Treatment Recipe | 1 | 91 | Sep 23, 09 |
| Photosensitivity and scratches-help! | 1 | 7 | May 8, 07 |
| Lame From Scratches? | 1 | 20 | May 12, 06 |
| Treating scratches (mud fever, dew poisoning, grease heel) | 1 | 32 | Jun 22, 04 |
| Dew Poisioning | 1 | 9 | Sep 28, 04 |
| Joint fungus | 1 | 2 | Jun 27, 01 |
| Strange skin condition-coronet bands | 1 | 5 | Jan 14, 06 |
| Dry And Crusty or Oozing Sores? | 1 | 6 | Oct 5, 04 |
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| Treatments for Scratches | 1 | 8 | Jan 18, 03 |
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