Summer Sore Savvy
Posted in Horse Health Articles | 0 comments What Exactly is a Summer Sore? A summer sore is a moist wound caused by large mouth stomach worms called Habronema. The adult worms produce eggs that are shed in the horse’s manure and quickly hatch. The tiny larvae that emerge have to get back into a horse to complete their life cycle. Maggots ingest the worm larvae as they feed, and the worm larvae develop inside the maggots as the maggots...read more