Skin is the largest and most visible organ system of the horse, and there is a large number of different skin diseases that horses can suffer from. In this course you will learn about:

• The typical signs of skin disease
• The techniques that can be used to diagnose skin disease
• Diseases caused by infectious organisms such as bacteria and viruses
• Parasitic skin diseases
• Allergic and tumorous skin diseases
• Hereditary skin diseases
• How skin diseases can be treated