Allergy prevention in horses
With increasing temperature, and the first courses for grazing horses with summer eczema begins another long period of suffering. The affected animals are tormented by an intense itching, which leave them little rest. Scrub off the tail and mane, contact the hind legs under the belly and the skin is bloody bite.
The agonizing itch is an expression of an allergic reaction to stings or bites by blood-sucking insect caused. Now regarded as certain that, among other insects, often biting midges (Culicoides spp.) Trigger the allergy. Gnats are small mosquitoes from 0.5 to 3 millimeters in size. Once in October and November, the flight time of the bloodsuckers in the open is over, the martyrdom of the horse also has an end – until next spring.
The summer eczema is not a new disease. French veterinarians in 1840, described the symptoms of allergic dermatitis. The disease can all breeds of horses and also donkeys, mules and hinnies concern.
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