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    Category: Skin and hair

    Horse Skin And Hair – An Introduction

    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 …
    Doc-t April 25, 2020
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    Horse Skin And Hair – 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.
    Doc-t February 27, 2015
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    Horse Skin And Hair – 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.
    Doc-t February 15, 2015
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    Horse Skin And Hair – Dermatitis

    Dermatitis In Horses
    Doc-t April 25, 2020
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    Horse Skin And Hair – Fascial Tears

    Fascial Tears In Horses
    Doc-t April 25, 2020
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    Horse Skin And Hair – 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…
    Doc-t March 7, 2015
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    Horse Skin And Hair – 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…
    Doc-t February 16, 2015
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    Horse Skin And Hair – Proud Flesh

    This is a replay of a HorseTalk™ webcast. Be sure to enroll in the next one and join Doc T live.
    Doc-t October 2, 2016
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    Horse Skin And Hair – 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…
    Doc-t March 6, 2015
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    Horse Skin And Hair – Shoe Boils

    Shoe Boils In Horses
    Doc-t February 15, 2015
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    Horse Skin And Hair – 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 …
    Doc-t February 13, 2015
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    Horse Skin And Hair – 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.
    Doc-t January 14, 2015
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    Horse Skin And Hair – 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…
    Doc-t January 15, 2015
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    Horse Skin And Hair – Skin Scars

    Scars occur during healing of full thickness skin wounds including surgery. They can range from unseen but felt to hairless, depigmented masses.
    Doc-t January 12, 2015
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    Horse Skin And Hair – Tack Injury

    Skin rubs occur either acutely from trauma or insidiously through wear against objects such as tack, blankets, or the environment.
    Doc-t January 13, 2015
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    Horse Skin And Hair – 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…
    Doc-t January 6, 2015
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    Horse Skin And Hair – 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…
    Doc-t March 2, 2015
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    Horse Skin And Hair – 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.
    Doc-t January 3, 2015
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    Horse Skin And Hair – Wire Wounds

    Wire wounds are difficult because of the underlying soft tissue damage that wants to slough off before the wound can close.
    Doc-t March 1, 2015
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    Horse Skin And Hair – Warts

    Warts are virus caused growths on the skin usually on young horses and usually on the lips and muzzle.
    Doc-t January 1, 2015
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    Horse Skin And Hair – 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…
    Doc-t January 9, 2015
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    Horse Neoplastic Diseases – 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.
    Doc-t January 10, 2015
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    Horse Skin And Hair – 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…
    Doc-t January 17, 2015
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    Horse Skin And Hair – Ringworm

    Fungal infections can affect the skin of the horse and is contagious between horses and humans. There is usually an immunosuppression factor involved.
    Doc-t January 18, 2015
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    Horse Skin And Hair – Rain Rot

    Small, raised scabs on the back of a horse have a bacteria causing the lesion. The treatments recommended usually don't cover the cause.
    Doc-t January 20, 2015
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    Horse Neoplastic Diseases – 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.
    Doc-t January 30, 2015
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    Horse Immune Diseases – Insect Sensitivity

    Insect sensitivity can range in degrees between different horses from mild to severe but is always during fly season.
    Doc-t February 1, 2015
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    Foal Diseases – 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…
    Doc-t February 4, 2015
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    Horse Immune Diseases – Hives

    Hives are small to medium sized flat lumps that occur locally or all over the horse's body.
    Doc-t February 6, 2015
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    Horse Parasitic Diseases – 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…
    Doc-t February 7, 2015
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    Horse Parasitic Diseases – External Parasites

    External Parasites In Horses
    Doc-t February 22, 2015
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    Horse Skin And Hair – Aural Plaques

    Aural plaques affect one or both ears creating a thick white crust inside the ear.
    Doc-t February 25, 2015
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    Testimonial – Sweating Again In 3 Days

    Sweating Again In 3 Days
    Doc-t August 22, 2016
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    No Sweat!

    Horses living in climates with high temperatures and high humidity are often affected by anhidrosis (non-sweating). This is a highly effective cure th…
    Doc-t August 3, 2017
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    Horse Metabolism And Hormones – Anhidrosis (Non-sweating)

    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…
    Doc-t September 2, 2020
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    Horse Genetic Diseases – Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis (HYPP)

    Doc-t October 31, 2020
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