Equine skin affection, prevalence and related risk factors in Egypt [electronic resource].

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This work aimed to study the prevalence of different skin affections in equine and the risk factors influencing it during one year from February 2009 to February 2010. Out of 3014 examined equine. 267 (8.8696) were suffering from skin diseases. The prevalence rate was dermatophytosis 3.52% , Sweet itch 2.19% , Mange 1.46% . bacterial dermatitis 0.3696 , cutaneous pythiosis 0.3%. cutaneous habronemiasis 0.27%. vitiligo 0.2%. allergic dermatitis 0.2%. urticaria 0.17%. tick allergy 0.13% and equine warts 0.07%. Dermatophytosis occurred with high incidence rate in Arabian horses although good hygiene and management comparing to draft horses which showed sporadic cases.

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