Skin Issues in Hot Temps

t’s summer. Protect your horse’s skin against three main threats. 1. . Especially if your horse has white areas, the skin underneath is vulnerable to UV. Flies spread infection; Culicoides gnats can cause sweet itch—those small, itchy bumps your horse rubs into weeping scabs. 3. (dermatophilosis). Warm, humid conditions can promote the microorganism that causes these crust-like scabs and matted tufts of hair that pull off easily. For solutions to all these potential problems, see at right.