Options to discourage seasonal hair growth: 1. Maintain a consistent environment that avoids cold temperatures. 2. Utilize sheets (in 50-60 degrees) and blankets (in 30-49 degrees). 3. Add a controlled lighted area to your barn by August 1. Schedule 16 hours of continuous light with 8 hours of darkness (controlled by a timer).


various skin infections. If clipping is absolutely necessary, it should never be done with dull or damaged blades, and clipping equipment should always be disinfected between each use.


Disinfecting with an antiviral, antifungal, antibactericidal cannot be overemphasized! Dentists and doctors sanitize equipment prior to use with each client. Salons and barbers wash tools between each use. Horse owners and handlers must practice common sense to avoid potential skin problems BEFORE they occur. Common agents include rubbing alcohol, bleach, hydrogen peroxide and iodine.


HHH Sanitize, sanitize sanitize!


“My friend in Florida used to work in a sales barn that clipped daily! Many show horses get clipped 2-10 times a season. I used to have to fight my trainer that [my horse] only gets clipped once a year. I clip in early November, that’s it.” —Georgette Topakas, California


HH Skin lesions are structural changes in the tissue caused by injury


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or disease and are either primary or secondary. A scab is a secondary lesion on the skin, meaning it develops in later stages of a disease. Scabs are also called crusts and they are an accumulation of


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