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*In horses (also calles '''summer sores''')
*Caused by ''Habronema'' sp. or ''Draschia'' sp. - spread by [[Insecta|house flies or stable flies]]
*In traumatised or moist soft skin
*Grossly:
**Single or multiple tomorous masses that proliferate and ulcerate
**Red to brown, on section have small gritty yellow to white foci
*Microscopically:
**Nodular dermatitis
**Eosinophils, epithelioid macrophages, multinucleated giant cells
**Larvae and necrotic tissue
**Granulation tissue with [[Neutrophils|neutrophils]] along ulcerated surface
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