Oedema
There are several types of swelling on a horse's under carriage:
A firm doughy like swelling that settles into the lowest part of a horse’s belly is called ventral Oedema. Edema is fluid trapped in the tissue planes. Generally, Oedema appears in this area due to circulatory obstruction or dysfunction, trauma to an area, inflammation, damaged blood vessels, or loss of blood protein due to a variety of disease processes.
Oedema feels doughy. You can pit it with your finger tips and the impressions you make will stay imprinted for seconds or longer. Fluid, seromas and hernias may feel balloon-like, and abscesses or hematomas can feel like an inflated ball.
A firm doughy like swelling that settles into the lowest part of a horse’s belly is called ventral Oedema. Edema is fluid trapped in the tissue planes. Generally, Oedema appears in this area due to circulatory obstruction or dysfunction, trauma to an area, inflammation, damaged blood vessels, or loss of blood protein due to a variety of disease processes.
Oedema feels doughy. You can pit it with your finger tips and the impressions you make will stay imprinted for seconds or longer. Fluid, seromas and hernias may feel balloon-like, and abscesses or hematomas can feel like an inflated ball.
Showing one type of Oedema
Overeach
Over-reaching is a gait fault that results from a timing problem between the movement of the hind limbs and the front limbs of the horse. The faulty gait of the horse causes the hind feet to strike the back of the front feet or legs when the horse walks, trots or gallops
Treatment:
clean
clip hair round wound
wound powder
protec by using overeach boots