ETIOPATHOGENESIS AND TREATMENT OF MELANOMA IN WHITE AND BLUE HORSES

Abstract

The research was conducted mainly on Karabayir horses, and the results showed that because melanomas are so common in mostly white and gray horses, many people think of them as benign, random skin tumors. Although many consider these tumors to be safe, they can be malignant and their location can affect the horse's health.

More than 80% of melanoma lesions accumulate at one point to form nodular tumors, in some this process occurs quickly, while in others it can take a long time to become malignant. These processes are caused by various external and internal factors. For example, it was found that in a blue horse with melanoma, the tumors grew rapidly during sports, and the tumors grew slowly when exercise was restricted.