Horses get rain rot mostly when the temperature is humid or the climate is rainy, although it can occur almost anywhere. The best way to get rid of rein rot is to give your horse a bath with lots and lots of shampoo. This will help to loosen the scabs and allow air to get to the pink oozing skin underneath. There are multiple names for rain rot such as: dew poisoning (which is only accurate when it is found on the horses legs), rain rot, rain scald, streptithricosis, and mud fever. The most commonly known name being rain rot. The most common reason for rain rot is a lack of nutrition. well kept horses generally won't get it although it is possible. This disease in not painful to the horse unless you choose to pull the hair manually instead of scrubbing it off. And that is my discovery on rain rot.
Horses get rain rot mostly when the temperature is humid or the climate is rainy, although it can occur almost anywhere. The best way to get rid of rein rot is to give your horse a bath with lots and lots of shampoo. This will help to loosen the scabs and allow air to get to the pink oozing skin underneath. There are multiple names for rain rot such as: dew poisoning (which is only accurate when it is found on the horses legs), rain rot, rain scald, streptithricosis, and mud fever. The most commonly known name being rain rot. The most common reason for rain rot is a lack of nutrition. well kept horses generally won't get it although it is possible. This disease in not painful to the horse unless you choose to pull the hair manually instead of scrubbing it off. And that is my discovery on rain rot.
9/23/14
information found at: http://www.understanding-horse-nutrition.com/rain-rot.html
photo found at: http://msue.anr.msu.edu/news/rain_rot_in_horses