There have been many treatments of Habronemiasis reported but no single treatment is consistently successful. Treatment regimens for Habronemiasis should be made with 4 goals in mind: to reduce the size of the lesion, to reduce inflammation, elimination of adult Habronema from the stomach, and reduction of the fly vector populations.

Sarcoids most commonly develop on the legs, head, and underside of the neck or belly, but can occur anywhere on a horse’s body. They also frequently appear in areas of scarring, or wound sites. They are categorized by their appearance. Different types of sarcoid tend to exhibit different growth rates, and some are more locally aggressive than others.

Rain scald is a bacterial infection of the skin surface with Dermatophilus congolensis. It is frequently confused with ringworm, partly because of its appearance, and partly because of similar veterinary names. Ringworm is a fungal infection usually caused by Trichophyton spp. The veterinary term for ringworm is “Dermatophytosis”, hence the confusion. Although ringworm lesions may look similar to those of rain scald, the location tends to be different.