Re: information on sarcoids

["superpat" <superpat@gateway.net>]

Hi Kathy,
I have a horse who had a couple of sarcoids. He was four years old when I
got him. He had what looked like a large wart on his chest and a couple of
wart-looking things on his scrotum. The vet advised that if they don't
bother him, don't bother them as sarcoids can get "pissed off" sometimes
when you mess with them.
He kept rubbing the one on his chest when he was in the trailer and it often
became bloody so I opted to have it removed. He was sedated and the sarcoid
was "frozen" off. Took two times to completely remove it and he is now
eleven years old with no adverse effects. He has a lovely white quarter
sized spot where once was the sarcoid.
The ones on his scrotum were removed in a rather unconventional way. A would
be "trainer" was helping me with him and Taj managed to spook and get away
from the trainer pulling the lunge rope which whipped up and around his
belly and when it was all over, the rope had "sliced off the sarcoids and
although he was rather bloody for a few minutes, he was none the worse for
wear. Given the choice, though, I would recommend having the vet take care
of them.
Good luck
Pat


----- Original Message -----
From: Kathy Macki <kmacki@uplogon.com>
To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Monday, May 29, 2000 10:35 AM
Subject: RC: information on sarcoids


> Hi,
> Can anyone recommend some good sites for information on sarcoids?  Also,
> if any of you have personnal info on horses with sarcoids that are
> competing I would like to hear about them.  I'm riding a horse that has
> a sarcoid about the size of quarter (it is basically a spot with the
> hair missing) on his neck just behind the cheek.  I'ld like to know what
> the chances are of this becoming a big problem.  Thanks, Kathy
>
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