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Interesting facts about warts on horses

Warts (Verrucae) are usually located on the head and look ugly. They cause pain Horse usually not. They rarely cause itching. If the horse scratches itself, the skin can tear and bleed. If they are deeper in the connective tissue, veterinarians speak of this Fibropapillomatose. This Connective tissue tumors can grow as big as tomatoes. If they sit in the saddle position or awkwardly in the head area, they can cause problems for the horse under the saddle, bridle or harness. Are they sitting? Warts in the auricles, this is called aural plaque. Most of the time it doesn’t cause any problems.

How do warts develop?

Warts are a Viral disease (Papillomatose). The pathogen is the equine papillomavirus (EPV), which penetrates the skin through the smallest cracks. The Virus are everywhere in the stable and on the pasture. How long it survives outside the body also depends on the temperature: the cooler, the more durable. “At 4 to 8 degrees, the viruses survived for 63 days,” explains skin expert Dr. Kirsten Schwenzer, who runs a practice in Badbergen-Lechterke/Lower Saxony. Dozens of subspecies of papilloma viruses are known in humans. At the Horse So far only two forms have been reliably proven.

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Young horses often become infected with warts.

While that Equine Papillomavirus EPV mainly affects young horses (juvenile papillomatosis), mutated cattle viruses (bovine papilloma viruses, BPV) are said to be responsible Equine Sarkoide to be responsible. The existence of a third virus subspecies that causes penile papillomas is only suspected. The connection between equine papillomavirus and cancerous tumors on the penis is also unclear. EPV is also thought to be responsible for aural plaque; However, there are also doctors who consider the skin spots in the ear to be a special form of the Equine Sarcoids hold. Become Foal with warts born, the mare was probably infected with EPV; An embryonic development disorder may also be to blame for the tumors. “This is not scientifically clarified,” says Dr. Schwenzer.

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Causes, symptoms, treatment

• Interesting facts about warts
• causes
• Symptoms
• Diagnose
• Treatment
• Proper prevention
• With expert knowledge from Dr. Kirsten Schwenzer, veterinarian with her own practice in Badbergen-Lechterke/Lower Saxony

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