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Just been out to see the mares and one of them has this on her lip. Its like a almost circular burn and there are 3 on her lips, this being the worst one.

At first thought cigarette burn but no way someone would be able to burn her 3 times on her lips, she is very highly strung and probably difficult to get near her the 1st time!!

Any ideas worried in case its infectious? All 3 are on lips...

Thanks!!

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My older horse had some of these, and I was told they are cold sores, and that I could either use Zovirax (for human cold sores) or leave them, which I did, and they cleared up. This advice was not from a vet though, I was going to ask him, but they'd cleared up by the time he came out for routine jabs, and I forgot to ask him. So am interested to hear if anyone else has any advice or information.
My two horses are out 24/7 with each other, and the younger one wasn't affected.
 
A friend recently bought a new horse with identical looking 'burns' at exactly the same point on either side of his mouth. He wasn't vetted but had come off a 25 acre field full of buttercups, which she has put it down to.

She is just covering them with vaseline to keep them clean, and now that he is on buttercup-free grazing, they're healing up slowly but surely.

Hope it helps! :)
 
Have any of the adjacent fields been sprayed or fertilised? My little shettie had sores like that on his muzzle after he put his head through the fence and grazed on a bit of newly fertilized grass, bit like a burn x
 
looks like buttercup burns but they have all gone now, is there anything else in the field or as someone suggested has there been anyone spraying close to the field
if it isnt any better in a day or so id call the vet
 
Try searching for ulcers on lips or similar on here I know there is a thread somewhere about them. I was told it was bots exiting the body but honestly it is nothing to worry about. They will clear up in a week to 10 days.

I didn't put anything on but some people put sudacrem or vasaline or dermoline or similar but truly it doesn't seem to make any difference to the healing process.

;)
 
A picture very similar to that in my Veterinary Manual says it is probably from a rare Bot larvae entering the lip, so nothing to worry about if they're wormed - although does say 'probably'.
 
It is an ulcer caused by an irritant of some sort. I had a horse that had them all in his mouth once. I'm sure the vet gave him something to help ease the discomfort. Check inside his moth to see if he has any in there as well.
 
Both my horses got these last year and the vet put it down to buttercups. They gave me some steroid cream to out onto them which cleared them up but you can still see scars. Luckily Not had a problem this year!
 
Thanks PaintMeProud, that thread was interesting, and having looked through the photos, I'd say my boy's sore was bot fly related. In fact, although the sores have all but gone, he now has a swelling around his top lip, I thought it might have been an insect sting, but not so sure now. I'm going to get the vet to confirm.
 
A reaction from buttercups. Before our fields were sprayed, our Horses were out grazing with butter cups and a couple had identicle sores on their mouths. cleared up by themselves though, so I wouldn't worry.
 
Looks like Orf to me. Are there any sheep on the land - they're usually the culprits. They infect grazing, particularly hawthorn hedges, and the horse picks up the virus. It's a bit like cold sores - it's when it gets into the bloodstream that the animal becomes infected. I just used Tetsin spray when mine had the problem some years ago. We don't seem to have the problem these days.
 
my yearling had two of them a few months back. apparently they are something to do with botfly larvae...

my vet had no idea, and just advised i left them alone.

i wormed with wormer that covers bots and left them alone and they cleared up themselves. ;) seemed to be there forever (a few weeks) then when they started to heal they cleared up in the space of three days.

dont worry about them. worm with ivermectin and ignore them. ;)

http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=466390
 
Pat10 said:
Here's a pic of Orf in a sheep:

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgu...38Q-3FCGKnBxLleO8hg&tbm=isch&prmd=ivns&itbs=1

By the way, it can be transmitted to humans, so don't go kissing him!
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Nope - not that - quote taken from medical journal - Which animals can get sore mouth?
"Sore mouth is generally found only in sheep and goats. Other ruminants that are occasionally infected include musk oxen and gazelles." Seeing as this is relatively common in horses I would assume that this is a different virus all together.
 
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