Act quickly to defeat this microbial infection whose hallmark sign is a ‘stovepipe leg.’
ELAINE PASCOEAUG 4, 2020
Your horse was fine when you left him in his stall last night, but this morning he’s moping in a corner, reluctant to step out. It doesn’t take you long to see the problem—from hoof to well above the hock, his left hind leg is swollen to twice its normal width.
That extreme swelling can be a hallmark of cellulitis, a condition that can be life-threatening in horses. “It should be treated the day you observe it, before the sun goes down,” says Emma Adam, BVetMed, PhD, DACVIM, DACVS, at the Gluck Equine Research Center, University of Kentucky. In this article, Dr. Adam helps explain what you need to know about cellulitis.
Cellulitis and its close cousin lymphangitis produce similar signs, and both are caused by microbial infections...
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