It started with a superficial cutâjust a scratch, reallyâon your horseâs pastern. You cleaned it up and didnât think much more about it. But the cut didnât heal and now, weeks later, itâs an oozing, festering mess. Your horse keeps biting and rubbing it, so you know itâs driving him nuts. What is going on?
If youâve been around horses for anything less than 30 years, you can be forgiven for not recognizing the condition long known as a summer sore. Since the mid-1980s these sores have become extremely rare, âso rare that veterinarians who graduated after that time might never have seen one and might not recognize it,â says D. G. Pugh, DVM, a professor in the department of pathobiology at the Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine andâŠ
