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summer sores

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plural noun

  1. vet science a condition of horses in which itchy lesions are caused by infestation of wounds with Habronema larvae from flies

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Apparently it is the young forms of these stomach worms which develop at times on the skin, causing a cutaneous habronemiasis known as summer sores.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

In view of this it may be surmised that summer sores may arise as the result of flies so infested feeding on the moisture on the skin of the horse.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

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