Anyone seen these sort of lumps and bumps before?

[AngB]

Our TB has developed a number of lumpy, volcano thingys between his front legs and near his girth areas….he's also got some more bumps growing on his shoulder. Here's a shot of the ones between his front legs. Any ideas?

P.S. As we are in Oz it's summer here....quite hot at the moment and we are experiencing a plague of little flies

 

[the watcher]

do you have egg laying types of insects or bots?

 

[maggiehorse]

yes we have this with our mare , usually round her tender bits lol , with her its a allergic reaction to fly bites

 

[the watcher]

A rather unpleasant picture link of warbles - don't know what your local insect life is like
wiggley warbles
You will need to use the search facility on this site for 'warbles' to experience the full unpleasantness

 

[Box_Of_Frogs]

Are you sure its not sarcoids???

 

[collie]

Hi,
Looking at the pics i would say you have a classic case of worbles. Thye are definitely not sarcoids..
rgds

 

[spaniel]

Baz I dont have a clue what they are but wish you all the best.

Avid reader....

 

[Minnies_Mum]

Hmm, I think warbles have been eradicated from the UK. More likely insect bite allergy than warbles, I would have thought.

 

[the watcher]

The OP is in Australia which is why I suggested it, although i don't know if warbles are a problem there

 

[liet1]

Do they have a hard puss like core in them? I had a horse get a similar type lump years ago and it was an allergic reaction to insect bites she ended up needing a course of steroids as it affected her immune system. If you don't already, try keeping the horse rugged & use insect repellant. I always suspected midges in my case from QLD . Sorry never heard of Warbles in Aus but we do have bots but I don't know if they behave in the same way but yuck I read up on it. My horse is always wormed for bots anyway don't think I will ever forget what I just saw scarred for life.

 

[spaniel]

Bots dont lay eggs in the skin, just on the hair.

 

[henryhorn]

I think these are reactions to fly bites, and you may end up with anti biotics if they get infected.
Soothing them with frequent applications of aloe vera might take them down, if they disappear then you know it's an allergic reaction.
They almost looked like "barley" lumps, when the horse reacts to too much protein in it's diet, you haven't suddenly started feeding more have you?
I would guess any fly repellant you applied didn't cover these areas, if so you need to use more next time!

 

[Minnies_Mum]

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The OP is in Australia which is why I suggested it, although i don't know if warbles are a problem there

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Oops, sorry, didn't notice that!