Summer seasonal recurrent dermatitis, generally referred to as sweet itch, is a common and debilitating skin disease. It is caused by an allergic reaction to the bite of the Culicoides midge, which is the midge that carries African Horse Sickness (AHS). All horses are bitten by this midge over the course of the year, but just like…
Sweet itch is caused by an allergic reaction to the saliva of the Cullicoides midge (the same midge involved in the transmission of the dreaded African Horse Sickness). The midges bite the horse, and in horses with allergic sensitivity they develop itching of the mane and tail and, in some cases, the face and the…
