Ulcer on lip?

[sulphurfire]

Okay went and checked last night on the two year that I sold, cause they asked me to, and she has what looks like an ulcer on her lip on the side of her mouth about an inch back(kinda looks like a humans cold sore). I would say about a half to three quaret inch diameter, circular in nature.

Don't know what they are feeding now, my recomendation to them was safe choice( thats what I feed), found out they were watering with pond water, told them to provide freshwater in buckets or trough.

Could it be something in the pond water?

[madelyn]

Could be vesivirus. Like hoof and mouth. They might want to get their vet to run some tests.

[sulphurfire]

Thanks for the reply Madelyn, I recomended that, but since I no longer own her all I can do is make recomendations. Hopefully they will listen and do whats right.

How contagious is that? And how is it transmitted?

I know that when she left here that she was healthy and updated on her coggins and just wormed, never been around horses but the same ones all her life, the only new horse is the mini that they own.

[madelyn]

Drats. There is a much more detailed article in the Thoroughbred Times under Veterinary Topics, but I can't find it online.
http://news.bloodhorse.com/viewstory.asp?id=34125

This is something recently looked at. The other disease that causes blistering etc. is vesicular stomatitis. I wonder if there is a link between calicivirus (vesivirus) and persistent hoof abscesses -- But I am no scientist so that might get a good laugh in some corners.