Cellulitis In Horses Front Leg

Whatever the cause once a horse has cellulitis its easy to spot.

Cellulitis in horses front leg. In horses it generally involves only one limb. Owners often suspect that the horse has a fracture due to the severity of the lameness ie. Swelling often extends above the hock to the gaskin area.

Primary cellulitis usually develops on a leg and most often the hind legs. Hello I am looking for advice on lymphangitis If any one knows the statistics of horses that get it. When this system doesnt quite work so well cellulitis may have a better chance of taking hold.

Horses often have an elevated temperature and consequently will be depressed and off feed. The typical case of cellulitis involves a horse exhibiting a swollen leg with heat tenderness and lameness. The term cellulitis is very general referring to infection under the skin and sometimes involving the skin says Mudge.

Interestingly the hind legs appear to be more commonly affected than the front legs. Its not much of a cut. Continuously wet or muddy legs with or without mud fever are the perfect environment to incubate a case of cellulitis.

No rhyme reason or easily discernible wound. I proceeded to wash her feet with malaseb a medicated shampoo and while cleaning it off noticed the swelling went all the way up to in front of her udder and was hard hot and painful. Its most common in donkeys mules and other working horses.

It is most often seen in hind legs but can occur in front legs. Sporadic lymphangitis is the most common in horses. Unlike the stocking up or filling of both hind legs sometimes all four legs that may be seen in horses that are kept in stalls cellulitis produces swelling in only one leg almost always in a hind limb.