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==Description==

==Description==

Cutaneous Habronemiasis is a hypersensitivity reaction to the larvae of the nematode species ''Habronema'' and ''Draschia''. The Larvae are deposited by the housefly and stablefly[[Insecta|house flies or stable flies]] on the skin when they feed. 

Cutaneous Habronemiasis is a hypersensitivity reaction to the larvae of the nematode species ''Habronema'' and ''Draschia''. The adult nematode lives in the stomach of the horse and produces eggs which are then passed in the faeces as larvae. The larvae are ingested by the house fly (''Musca domestica'') or stable fly (''Stomoxys calcitrans'') in their larval phase, and deposited on equine skin when they feed as adult flies.[Insecta|house flies or stable flies]]  

 

==Signalment==

==Signalment==

The condition occurs most commonly in warm wet climates such as the tropics and sub tropics but is also a common skin condition in the UK.  

The condition occurs most commonly in warm wet climates such as the tropics and sub tropics but is also a common skin condition in the UK.