| Sarcoids | | | | found mostly on the head, legs and abdomen. This is |
| Sarcoids are a common affliction of horses and other | | | | also a very common form. Sarcoids generally increase |
| animals, and one that can be very serious. A sarcoid | | | | in numbers during the summer months but increase in |
| is a tumor much like cancer in humans. It affects the | | | | size during the winter months, as once equines get |
| skin of horses, mules and donkeys and is caused by | | | | one they usually will have more later on. |
| the bovine Papilloma Virus Infection. Sometimes | | | | Treating Sarcoids with Neem Oil |
| wrongly referred to as warts, they make up almost | | | | There are several ways to treat equine sarcoids. |
| 40% of all skin tumors found on horses. | | | | They include removing it surgically, freezing it, using |
| The tumors or growths are characterized by the | | | | radiation as you would on human cancer, laser |
| thickening of the skin around the sarcoid itself and | | | | surgery and chemotherapy. However, most of these |
| are usually just on top of the skin, meaning that they | | | | are incredibly invasive to the horse and can cause |
| do not affect the horse's internal organs. However, | | | | unneeded side effects to the horse. That is why |
| even though it only affects the skin it can be quite | | | | more than ever, more people are turning towards |
| serious to horses and ponies especially. Sarcoids can | | | | the natural remedy of Neem oil. Neem oil can be put |
| occur in any type of horse no matter what breed, | | | | directly on the sarcoid to lessen the tumor and to in |
| color, or type it is and will occur in horses all over the | | | | turn stop them from growing more. Ideally, this |
| world no matter what the environment. They appear | | | | should be done when the sarcoid is small and easily |
| all over the body but are usually found in the areas | | | | treatable. Neem leaf in general is great for the |
| where the horse's skin is thin or where they have no | | | | immune system of the horse, so Neem leaf extract |
| hair covering the skin. | | | | can be put directly into the horses feed to help with |
| There are six types of equine sarcoids that can | | | | sarcoids in the future. At the same time it can help |
| occur. They include the occult, verrucose, fibroblastic, | | | | with a host of other immune problems such as |
| nodular, malevolent and mixed sarcoids. The | | | | gastric problems and works as an anti-inflammatory |
| verrucose is the most common and is why sarcoids | | | | as well. By using Neem oil directly on the sarcoids and |
| are often referred to as warts. They grow very | | | | the extract in the food, there is a very good chance |
| slowly and develop a dry, crusty and hardened top | | | | that the sarcoids would lessen and the horse will |
| to them making them look like a wart. The | | | | soon be sarcoid free. |
| fibroblastic form will grow much quicker and can be | | | | |