Wierd rash on horse.

[Damnation]

Buffy came in the other night with a massive fat white leg. I thought it was mud fever and picked off what I thought were the scabs, hibi scrubbed and poulticed it for the night. (The light in my stable isn't great, so couldn't see it clearly)

Next day myself and YO had a closer look in the daylight and it looks like that stuff you get on the backs of cobs knees in the feathers. The stuff I was picking off the night before were bits of her fur matted in the exczema looking skin.

The thing is it is on the side of her hind leg. We out Protocon on then the next day we uddercreamed it and it has gone right down, but the funky skin is still there.

Never any heat in the leg it was just swollen, not lame either. Any ideas what it is? She is now turned out in Turnout chaps, and she is a dutch warmblood, not exactily a hairy breed?

Ideas welcome as to what it is and how to prevent? She has had nothing on her legs prior to this to cause a reaction, I am stumped!

 

[Damnation]

Bump

 

[flirtygerty]

I think you were right thinking it was mud fever, it is possible for just one leg to be affected especially on white legs, my boy had it on one leg just down the front of a white hind, was only slightly swollen though

 

[Tnavas]

Sounds very much like mudfever - try washing it with Nizoral - dilute with hand hot water, lather up well and then leave to dry. Usually works really well

 

[Damnation]

Thanks guys but I have seen mudfever before and I really don't think it is mudfever. There are no scabs, just clumps of matted white skin and fur? And its above her pastern not in her heel? YO agrees its not mudfever, I just find it very odd? Unless someone else has seen mudfever like this? I will try and get a picture.

 

[be positive]

Equine cannon keratosis, there was a thread about it recently it affects the cannon areas usually of hind legs and is similar to mud fever but as you describe, sticky clumps of matted hair.

If you look on veterinary it will be about page 10 there were several different treatments suggested.

I tend to hibiscrub and do as little as possible, creams tend to make it go on longer, I find it needs to be cleaned and open.

 

[teamsarazara]

I cant remember the proper name for what my friends horse got, but my YO sees it alot, and its like oozing protein out of their skin and sometimes its yellow and crusty but it can be white too. Could you poss take some pictures?

 

[forestfantasy]

Equine cannon keratosis, there was a thread about it recently it affects the cannon areas usually of hind legs and is similar to mud fever but as you describe, sticky clumps of matted hair.

If you look on veterinary it will be about page 10 there were several different treatments suggested.

I tend to hibiscrub and do as little as possible, creams tend to make it go on longer, I find it needs to be cleaned and open.

This exactly ^^

My friends horse gets this.

I don't use creams either just hibiscrub once or twice and leave it