Weird little lumps on sheath..

[indie1282]

So I put fly cream on the sheath everyday to stop the flies biting and today I have noticed these little lumps/spots. They look like little pink blood blisters almost, not scabby and don't seem to irritate the horse - any ideas?

They also only seem to be on one side.

 

[PapaverFollis]

Weird. Look like the warts some young horses get on their noses.

 

[ycbm]

How old is the horse? Has he been out with young stock? They look like juvenile papilloma but they are usually on the face and on horses under for years old.
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[Carrottom]

They look like juvenile warts to me, we had similar on a 3 year old. Worth getting a vet to have a look but not an emergency. My vet prescribed acyclovir cream which cleared them up quickly.

 

[ycbm]

Juvenile warts should disappear without treatment.
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[cobgoblin]

They look like little scars from fly bites.

 

[Carrottom]

Juvenile warts should disappear without treatment.
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My equine vet suggested that they may clear without treatment but she preferred to speed it up with the cream. Possibly to help prevent the spread?

 

[Quigleyandme]

My yearling had these on his nose. I posted on here and was told what they were and that they would clear up without treatment which they did.

 

[indie1282]

How old is the horse? Has he been out with young stock? They look like juvenile papilloma but they are usually on the face and on horses under for years old.
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He's 13. Only ever been turned with my older horse. They literally just seemed to turn up overnight!

 

[JanetGeorge]

Could be fly bites - or could be very early sarcoids. I'd bung some Summer Fly Cream on them for now - and get vet to have a look next time he's 'handy'!

 

[cobgoblin]

My piebald gets these on his sheath when the flies are bad.. They disappear in winter.

 

[ycbm]

He's 13. Only ever been turned with my older horse. They literally just seemed to turn up overnight!

Sounds more like fly bites, then. They don't look like sarcoids to me and everything is wrong for juvenile warts.
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[LJWIOW]

So I put fly cream on the sheath everyday to stop the flies biting and today I have noticed these little lumps/spots. They look like little pink blood blisters almost, not scabby and don't seem to irritate the horse - any ideas?

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Hey, I know this was years ago but I’ve gone down a Google rabbit hole! Did you ever find out what this was?

 

[mini-eventer]

My horse has these this year, they look like warts but he's 14. There are youngstock nearby though. I am hoping they will go and keeping a close eye.

 

[nutjob]

My horse had them, the vet said they were warts. Not juvenile warts, some other type which I have forgotten the name of. There were many more than in the picture here. I started feeding him on large amounts of vit e as I thought at one point he might have a muscle myopathy and they all went away. This could have been a coincidence as the vet did say they would go on their own.

 

[Fransurrey]

My horse has these this year, they look like warts but he's 14. There are youngstock nearby though. I am hoping they will go and keeping a close eye.

It could be EHV3 or a papilloma virus (EcPV-1). The latter normally affects youngstock, but maybe your horse was immuno-compromised for some reason.

 

[mini-eventer]

It could be EHV3 or a papilloma virus (EcPV-1). The latter normally affects youngstock, but maybe your horse was immuno-compromised for some reason.

Perhaps, he seems very well at the moment, but guess you cant always tell if they have picked up a mild virus or something. I have recently introduced oily herbs as per the oily herb thread so hoping they will help boost his immune system