Help - What are these warts / sarcoids / lumps?

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Initially, 3 weeks ago today when one appeared I thought it was nettle rash or milk warts and posted on here, and got lots of lovely helpful responses that I shouldnt ring them, just leave them for a little while and see if they spread or dropped off. Well, nothing happened for a while, but then they have spread very quickly over 10 days. Camrosa Ointment did nothing (applied from day 1) so last week I called out our local vets.

I was extremely disappointed with the vet who attended, who says she has no idea what it is and whether or not to treat with Liverpool cream or take a sample of one and have it analysed. She called back 2 days later to ask if I could take pics in to the practise for colleagues to see, in order to get a diagnosis. So, here are the pics I will be taking in this morning.

What do you think, have you seen this before? Thanks.

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Sorry absolutely no help at all, but I'd be changing vets if i were you.
Hope it's nothing serious and you can get him sorted out, bless him
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My first reaction was to suggest these. They're unsightly for a while, but go on their own after a few months.

As for your vet not knowing what they are, I agree with the post which suggests you switch vets. These are really common in young horses and an experienced equine vet would recognise them.

Are there any specifically equine practices near you? Even if they are further afield, it is often worth paying a little extra in call-out costs to have a genuine equine specialist examine your horse when things are amiss. Still use your local vet for routine things like vaccinations, though.
 
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ester thank you. Several people on here did say originally to leave alone but as they have spread so much I was worried, and concerned about permanent scarring etc not to mention any current discomfort.

Have to say I have more faith in people on here than the current vet, who really was either just terribly inexperienced or just poor.
 
They look what i call milk warts ? if they are i,m sure they are like a virus and clear up and quickly as they came. A friends youngster had them and they competely disapeared within 6 weeks . Ask your vet for a second opinion ?
 
I would be disappointed that any vet would say no idea, I thought of that as soon as I saw those pics, and thats just from reading too many vet books.
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My first reaction was to suggest these. They're unsightly for a while, but go on their own after a few months.

As for your vet not knowing what they are, I agree with the post which suggests you switch vets. These are really common in young horses and an experienced equine vet would recognise them.

Are there any specifically equine practices near you? Even if they are further afield, it is often worth paying a little extra in call-out costs to have a genuine equine specialist examine your horse when things are amiss. Still use your local vet for routine things like vaccinations, though.

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Spyda thank you. Yes, you are right. These are just our local general vets who we have used for Vacs, and will continue to use for 'routine' business. However, I will not be using them again for anything else, and will use the Equine practice I have always used for my other horse. (Penmellyn Equestrian I think I always thought these bumps were going to be a 2 minute examination and then prescribed either a topical crm or leave it. I will not be using them again, it was silly of me to have not contacted the specialists in the first place.
 
I wouldn't use them for anything apart from the routines, as I wouldn't be keen to trust them for anything serious
 
it the horse aged under 3?

if so its Equine Papillomavirus
(google images should show you a lot of the varietys of it)
...and you dont need to worry or treat it it'll clear up by itself in a few weeks or months...

Im not surprised your vet didnt remember it tho we do this in micro in 3rd year along with a load of other bacteria.At least she erred on the side of caution and didnt treat it tho...
...im guessing their not an equine practice?id be a lot more worried if they are!
 
It was probably total co-incidence but when I added seaweed to my youngsters feed the warts dropped off spontaneously after a few weeks but do think of perhaps supplementing to build the immune system.
 
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Im not surprised your vet didnt remember it tho we do this in micro in 3rd year along with a load of other bacteria.At least she erred on the side of caution and didnt treat it tho...
...im guessing their not an equine practice?id be a lot more worried if they are!

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Not sure I agree with the first part of this. Any vet which sees horses routinely will have seen these at some point. And if they haven't because they haven't treated that many horses (yet), then I'd not want them anywhere near mine
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They'd maybe okay for the occasional routine vaccination; I say occasional, as I feel the annual vaccination visit by a vet to a horse should also include a general all over examination (from an experienced eye). Just IMO.
 
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