Equine Aural Plaques?

Here is a question I had posted previously regarding strange growths in my gelding's ears.


http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...


Here is a link to what they are and what they look like: http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index....


Many of you wanted an update to let you know what the vet said and what treatment was prescribed. Our vet gave Milo a shot to sedate him (didn't put him all the way out, just let us mess with his ears) and inspected the ping-pong ball sized tumor. It was attached to the skin inside the ear in an area smaller than a dime, so the vet basically pulled and twisted it off. It bled a little, and the vet used alcohol on a cotton pad and held it tight for a moment. Then he cleaned both ears with alcohol. The little wart-like tumors just fell out when he rubbed them vigorously with alcohol on a cotton pad.

Equine Aural Plaques?
My horse also has aural plaques. Since it is a virus, there is really nothing you can do to prevent them, they will always be a part of your horse's life, but I just started using a cream called Dermafas that is supposed to work wonders. It is cheap too. It will take months, but if you apply it daily or every other day, the white, puffy areas will flake off leaving pink skin underneath that will eventually grow hair again. There have been some awesome results with this stuff. Hope this helps and good luck with your boy. I know it sucks to always have to deal with this, but the Dermafas will soothe his ears and make him more comfortable. Here is the website. Be sure to read the testimonials about the ear plaques....lots of success stories...


http://www.dermafas.com/
Reply:Hey! Glad you updated us on Milo I had been wondering what the vet said!!!! I'm going to have to try this on my appy in his ears!!! As for messing w/ them there is a product by farnam that you might could try called modipher. It's an all natural "sedation" it's a spray form that you squirt into the nostrils about 30 minutes before your planned activity with the horse. It'a a pretty unique and inovative product. My farnam rep gave me a bottle and I tried it on my appy, and a stud pony down the road. My app you can't clip his whiskers or halter path with actual clippers uness you twich him. the Modipher allowed me to use the clippeers without a twitch! On the stud pony we were able to thoroughly clean his sheath and everything without getting half stomped to death like we normally would have been! If you want more info about it and hwo great it is I'll gladly give you Mike's number at Farnam and he can tell you all about it!
Reply:Most horses have this problem. Usually it isn't a problem unless it becomes a problem.... if they start to get painful and the horse won't let you halter or bridle it, they can get head shy quickly and not let you anywhere near their forhead, poll, ears, upper neck... etc.





Now that they're all cleaned out, the best thing I can suggest it to work with the horse slowly and daily little by little until he accepts you touching the inside of his ears. This way, you can rub them and keep them clean, just a dry rub even with your fingertips should help prevent build up of the plaque.





Other things you can do is to put an ear bonnet on him during turnout, or keep a fly mask with ears on him. If you can keep bugs out of his ears, it will keep the plaque from building up.





Clipping the hair out isn't a good idea, because then you are taking away the horse's natural defense against bugs (not that it seems to be working anyway)...





Some horses are just more sensitive to plaque to others. Definetly work with him slowly until he lets you rub his inner ear, so you can rub away the dirt %26amp; grime that builds up in there.