We have quite a few horses owners contact us looking for information and treatments for sarcoids. Sarcoids are the most common type of skin tumours on horses and can appear in many different forms. Whilst they don't directly kill horses, it can stop them from working or competing. New research suggests that the bovine papillomavirus may have some connection to equine sarcoids.
In this email we discuss sarcoids and common treatments, as well as the herbal approach to treating on McDowells Television SEE EPISODE HERE. You can also read more about sarcoids and see some images to help with identifying them.
READ ARTICLE HERE.
And lastly, you can see a wonderful testimonial of Bella, showing how a holistic approach to treatment the horse can result in long-term healing, as opposed to short-term removal. READ TESTIMONIAL HERE.
In good health!
Catherine McDowell
Herbalist and Director
SARCOIDS IN HORSES
A sarcoid is a growth on the skin which is thought to be caused by a virus. It grows most often on the inner thighs but may occur on any other part of the body. Sarcoids are the most common skin tumour in horses and ponies...
READ MORE HERE
MCDOWELLS HERBAL TV
Cath discusses sarcoids in horses, what to look out for, common treaments along with how McDowells Herbal treats the underlying causes.
WATCH THE EPISODE HERE
BELLA'S SUCCESS USING MCDOWELLS HERBAL SARCOID PROGRAM
Bella's owner Sharon Alexander contacted me desperate to help poor Bella, her beautiful Arabian x mare. Sharon was at her wits end trying to find a solution for Bella's increasingly invasive tumour which was now entangled in her jaw. The prognosis was not great - and suggestions of having her out to sleep and chemotherapy were the only conventional options offered....
READ THE TESTIMONIAL HERE
