Equine pyoderma associated with malnutrition and unhygienic conditions due to neglect in a herd.
Twelve horses kept at a riding club suffered from pyoderma. All the horses displayed crusting, scaling and alopecia. The lesions were distributed in the chest, back, rump and limbs. Some of the horse patients also showed epilation with an attached crust similar to a 'paintbrush lesion' of dermatophilosis, but normal skin flora or opportunistic pathogenic bacteria were only isolated from the lesions. Some patients clearly showed weight loss, anemia and low levels of serum protein and cholesterol. General condition and skin lesions of the patients were improved gradually with improvement of feed and environment after being moved to new stables. Malnutrition under conditions of poor hygiene and poor management due to neglect might be associated with these equine cases of pyoderma in the herd.
Inokuma
Hisashi
H
Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University, Japan.
Kanaya
Noriko
N
Fujii
Kaori
K
Anzai
Toru
T
Maeda
Ken
K
Okuda
Masaru
M
Onishi
Takafumi
T
D000505:Alopecia / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary; D000821:Animal Feed / Q000592:standards / Q000600:supply & distribution; D000822:Animal Husbandry / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006736:Horses; D006799:Housing, Animal / Q000592:standards; D006920:Hygiene / Q000592:standards; D008297:Male; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary*; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary; D011711:Pyoderma / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*