Skin Problems
This page contains links to information about some of the common problems and symptoms which may affect your horses skin.
Click on the links coloured green in the table below to find out more about that illness or disease.
Please remember this information is provided as a guide only and professional advice should be sought before any diagnosis or treatment is applied.
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Disease - Skin |
Symptoms |
| Nettle Rash | Large areas of raised hair, skin hot and painful, unsteadiness, acute pain |
| Sweet Itch | Lesions on base of mane and tail, neck and shoulder. Skin thickens, fluid is secreted, sores develop |
| Abcess | Hot, hard, painful swelling under skin, pus released, high temperature, loss of appetite. |
| Boil | Small, painful papules, pus secreted, scabs develop |
| Melanoma | Small black lumps found on skin |
| Nodular Skin Disease | Sudden painless lumps form on neck and back under skin. |
| Warts | Slow growing lumps on areas of soft skin |
| Folliculitis | Small painful lumps which burst and heal forming areas without skin |
| Mud Fever | Sores on lower limbs, swollen and painful legs, matted hair |
| Rain Scald | Sores found on back, flanks and hindquarters. Scabby crusts form. Irritation |
| Ringworm | One lump bursts and forms round scab. More spread from this one. Lesions are sore and itchy |
| Habronemiasis | Sores found on lower limbs, eyes and penis, may develop into large masses |
| Lice | Poor, patchy, dull coat. Hair loss especially around neck and shoulders. Tail clumped and matted. Itchiness present |
| Ticks | Small, white lump on skin, may cause anemia or poor condition. |
| Warble | Hard, round, anthill shaped lump usually on the back in saddle area. Hole on top of lump and fluid may secrete from it |