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  Discussion on Fistula withers
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Iride2

Posted on Monday, Sep 27, 2004 - 10:30 pm:

I have a 14 year old mare that has an injury on her withers. My vet calls it a fistula. I have been doing cold water therapy on it twice a day.
Today, he asked me about surgery to scrape away all of the dead tissue and start with a "clean"
area. Has anyone had something like this on their horse? How did you take care of it and how
long was the recovery? I can't figure out how this happen. We had been at a show just before I found a sore about one inch long and 1/4 inch wide.
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DrO

Posted on Tuesday, Sep 28, 2004 - 8:28 am:

Sandy,
We have an article on this at, Equine Diseases » Skin Diseases » Fistulous Withers & Poll Evil.
DrO
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