Supertrooper
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My friends mare is 37, in November last year she developed scabs all over her body especially her trunk area, she was also very depressed and sore. The scabs literally came up overnight and as soon as we found them we got vet out. Vet initially thought she had liver failure and took bloods, gave her antibiotic and a vit/min injection. She was also put on a course of antibiotics. Bloods came back fine apart from very anaemic and high white blood cell count so she was put on propell plus and continued with A/B's
Within 3/4 days she was looking happier, vet said as long as the scabs stayed dry not to worry but start to pick scabs out once they'd loosened as it was a bacterial infection and that's where the bacteria live. We've been doing this and although she's looking better she still looks dreadfully moth eaten and has very dry/flaky skin. The areas that didn't have scabs are beautiful shiny coat but my friend is so upset with how she looks and is worried about how uncomfortable it must feel. She is going to call vet again but is there anything else we can do??
Within 3/4 days she was looking happier, vet said as long as the scabs stayed dry not to worry but start to pick scabs out once they'd loosened as it was a bacterial infection and that's where the bacteria live. We've been doing this and although she's looking better she still looks dreadfully moth eaten and has very dry/flaky skin. The areas that didn't have scabs are beautiful shiny coat but my friend is so upset with how she looks and is worried about how uncomfortable it must feel. She is going to call vet again but is there anything else we can do??
