Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Ulcerative spreading skin nodules in adult black horse in Ethiopia
By Balemual Abebaw·Published in Case Reports in Veterinary Medicine·2024·Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, GB·View original on DOAJ →
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Original publication title: Ulcerative and Spreading Nodular Lesion of Epizootic Lymphangitis in Adult Black Horse in Gondar, Ethiopia: Case Report and Wound Treatment
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Plain-English summary
A male black horse was brought to the veterinary clinic with swelling, discharge, and skin wounds on its chest and legs. The skin was thickened and hard, and there were ruptured nodules with discharge. The vet treated the wounds by washing them with a potassium permanganate solution and saline, applying paraffin and povidone-iodine, and giving the horse an antifungal medication called griseofulvin for a week. Unfortunately, the prognosis was poor because the infection had a long incubation period and was resistant to treatment.
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Abstract
An adult male black horse was presented to the UOG veterinary clinic with swelling, discharge, and skin wounds on the chest wall and the right front leg; then, it goes to the lateral and medial hind leg. Inspection and palpation were carried out, and we revealed that the skin was swelled, thickened and hard on clinical examination. There was also nodule rupture, and discharge on the limb and chest skin. Different therapy was applied starting from washing the wound with water-diluted potassium permanganate and then 0.9% NaCl together with paraffin topically placed on the wound. 10% povidone-iodine was also applied by using gauze. Griseofulvin 750 mg/day for one week was given as antifungal therapy orally. The prognosis was poor due to the long incubation period and high resistance of the causative agent.
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Search related cases →Original publication on DOAJ: https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/2478774