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With Dr Jessica Kidd BA, DVM, CertES(Orth), Diplomate ECVS, MRCVS RCVS and European Recognised Specialist in Equine Surgery
Missed Our Webinar on Melanoma Myths? Catch Up Now! 
This lecture has previously only been available to qualified veterinary surgeons but is now brought to our Intelligent Horsemanship members (and guests) Melanoma is a very common nodular skin disease of older grey horses (usually over 7-8 years of age). More than 80% of grey horses will have at least one melanoma during their lives. As melanomas are very common in grey horses, many people think they must be benign, incidental skin tumours. More than 80% of melanoma lesions will become malignant at some point. In some this happens quickly whilst others may be benign for a long time before they transform into a malignant form. It’s Melanomas that arise in horses that are NOT grey that tend to be more dangerous. They are usually a single, isolated lesion. In grey horses they are more likely to be present in large numbers and may occur in clusters.The size of the tumour does not determine if it is malignant or not. Small melanomas can be highly malignant and large ones benign or vice versa. In some horses melanoma can become highly malignant and can spread to the internal organs which has a very poor prognosis for the affected horse.
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