Equine sarcoids : distribution sites, common types, and diagnosis

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145 draught equine admitted to Brooke mobile clinic in Delta region, Egypt during the period from November 2016 to August 2018.

All cases were diagnosed based on the case history, clinical picture and histopathological examination.

Animals suffered from granulomatous ulcerative lesions in head and neck region (n=63), hind limbs (n=25), fore limbs (n=42) and other sites as chest, trunk and perineal region (n=15).

Lesions appeared spontaneously, and its size increased with time.

49 lesions were round firm pedunculated while 96 lesions were non- pedunculated (sessile).

103 lesions had characteristic fleshy ulcerated appearance while 8 had rough ulcerated surface.

Types of sarcoid recorded in this study were fibroblastic (n=103), verrucous (n=8), nodular (n=7), mixed (n=20) and occult (n=7).