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Culicoides is also responsible for the Sweet Itch or Summer Eczema in Icelandic horses. I use to go to a Icelandic horse breeding and riding stable for riding. Some of the about 100 horses have serious skin problems caused by allergens in the saliva of the midges during summer. Last year, a special jacket was tested and proved helpful, so several horses are equipped with full-body covers now that are only removed for riding and immediately put on afterwards. The horses look like mummies but obviously feel fine. So the constant application of corticoid ointments could be much diminished.
Small midges - big effect!
Sundew