--- In [email protected], "Judy Ryder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From an equine dermitology lecture:Culicoides Hypersensitivity: > >> dorsal > lesions - head, ears, mane, withers, rump, tail; generalized. > ventral > midline lesions > > Therapy - can only manage. very frustrating, somewhat > like FAD in small animals. > try fly control - culicoides like to breed in > stagnant water and have only a 1/4 mile flight range so if you remove all > stagnant water, that can be helpful.
I am still not 100% convinced that Dari doesn't have this allergy. I had him stabled, really in a corral, in Arroyo Seco in Pasadena, So. Cal for over a year when he was about 5-6 years old. He was living in Santa Ynez before that. The stables were right next to the river. He became allergic to something and rubbed a giant raw spot on his chest overnight, he would rub his face raw also. He was not the only horse at the stable with an allergy like this, a poor Appy had bumps all over her entire body. He had been turned out where there were trees and used a tree for a rubbing post. I had to start keeping him in the pipe corral to keep him from doing this to himself. He never had such a severe reaction after we left that area, I'm not sure how it went away, he's much better in Kentucky, although I know we must have the bugs here. I know there was a pond fairly close the barn at my farm, so I'm not sure what it is. It was so upsetting to have a horse in this condition, he was so itchy it was almost impossible to ride him at that time. I feel sorry for the owners and the horses who end up dealing with SE. I would be very reluctant to get an imported Icelandic for this reason, maybe shipping out really expensive semen might be an idea, instead of sending the actual horses here, since it's not too likely that horses born here will get this kind of thing. Does anyone in Iceland ship semen? Last time I heard they were very reluctant to do this. I will watch Snorri, he spent his first partial summer in Ky last year, I don't expect him to develop any allergy as he is domestic. Kim
