Strange growth on hoof.

[Spiritedly]

I took my mare back off her loaner yesterday as I wasn't happy with the care she was (wasn't) getting. When I got her home and we cleaned the mud and muck off her we noticed she had a strange growth on one of her hooves. I have contacted the farrier and he advised calling the vet and I am now waiting for her to get back to me but whilst I'm waiting I wondered if anyone has ever seen anything like it before or has any idea what it is?

 

[Spiritedly]

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[glenruby]

Looks like coronitis which could be caused by a number of things. Id get your vet to take punch biopsies of the coronary band to try to identify the cause. Does your horse show any irritation when you look at her legs/feet? Sometimes these lesions can be caused by bacteria or fungus and a course of antibiotics and or creams may help clear it up. Occasionally there are more sinister causes.

 

[Beausmate]

Does it go down when the feet dry out?

 

[Spiritedly]

Does it go down when the feet dry out?

We only got her back yesterday so we haven't had chance to see if it goes down. Today it looked the same as yesterday.

 

[Spiritedly]

She has stringhalt so she is always a bit funny with her back legs but she also has the start of mud fever on the same leg. We were wondering if it was some kind of fungal infection as she had been kept in pretty appealing conditions.

 

[Gloi]

It could just be the result of having permanently wet feet and the periople has absorbed a lot of water, they may look normal again once they dry out.

see this
http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?685886-Does-anyone-know-what-this-is-!

 

[Mrs Jingle]

This could also be an indication of pemphigus, especially as you say the horse has mud fever like sores on the same leg. I would have your vet check it out just to be sure it is only something caused by wet conditions and neglectful areas to stand around in.

 

[Spiritedly]

It could just be the result of having permanently wet feet and the periople has absorbed a lot of water, they may look normal again once they dry out.

see this
http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?685886-Does-anyone-know-what-this-is-!

I have the vet coming on Monday but the photos on the thread you linked look the same so hopefully it's nothing to worry about.

 

[Tnavas]

To help with the Mudfever wash the affected area with Nizerol shampoo, it will clear it fast. Dilute with hand hot water, lather up well into the skin. Leave 20 mins and rinse off.

As for the feet, it almost looks like in one area there has been an infection, maybe an abscess has burst at the coronet.

Will be interesting to hear your vets diagnosis.

 

[Palindrome]

It does not look like a normal periople, I'd be tempted to put a good dose of iodine (or purple spray) but since your vet is coming tomorrow it's probably better to wait as if he need to take a sample for analysis the iodine could mess up the results.

 

[Penny Less]

I went to try out a very heavy cob and he had this on two front feet, (not mentioned by owner !)someone said it was possibly coronitis

 

[Spiritedly]

The vet came today as its a fungal infection of the coronet band probably due to the conditions in which she was living. Luckily there is no lameness and with treatment she should be fine.