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Post by fran on Jul 10, 2006 15:26:51 GMT -1
my friend on my yard asked me to ask you all for your advice on the above. she has had the vet out and he gave her fusiderm cream sp. saying he thought it was a prick from a thistle or something.. since then he has another right next to it - it looks like a round blister, crusty round the edges with a hollow hole in the centre.. she is worried they are like the 'human cold sores' and he is run down. anyone have any idea?
karen
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Post by bevbob on Jul 10, 2006 15:44:52 GMT -1
Could it be buttercups?? Iv seen a horse with a sort of ulcer type thing and the vet said it was buttercups.
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Post by jojoebony on Jul 10, 2006 18:06:28 GMT -1
One of the horses at our yard had ulcers/blisters on his lips last week which then spread all over his mouth. Washed with salt water and put extra salt in his feed and he's good as gold within a few days. Vet came out but wouldn't prescribe as said was just one of those things. Our options were buttercups or something picked up from a dired out stream.
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Post by rachelg on Jul 10, 2006 22:40:58 GMT -1
my friends horse has just had the same,it is a new horse and they came up less than a week from buying her,we all thought it may be buttercups,but they got worse,had the vet and he said it is herpes virus...they are subsiding now,all in all about 5 weeks from start to nearly gone...he said not to worry about it at all..
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Post by alisonduke on Jul 12, 2006 10:23:48 GMT -1
What colour is the horse's muzzle? Could it be sunburn? Bill gets scabby bits if he has caught the sun and I have missed it with the sun cream.
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Post by julie on Jul 13, 2006 21:12:55 GMT -1
How old is he as can get similar to a herpes virus around the mouth - my dales had it when she was young!
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Post by bruce on Jul 20, 2006 16:54:21 GMT -1
Sounds like Orf.
Highly contagious in sheep and will pass to other livestock and humans too, very very painful if humans get it [can be caught if you have an open wound, and as small as pin prick]. Can be caught from natural grazing, hay and obviously infected stock.
As Jojobony says, salt is excellent. We leave Rock Salts in all fields for all livestock, as well as stables and barns.
Forgot to add, once they've had it once, they don't get it again.
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