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Dealing with cancer is always likely to be a problem and in spite of the difficulties we have made significant progress. The years of testing different treatments and trying to get a better understanding of a disease that has long been belittled by the use of the term “wart” have made it a roller-coaster of elation, depression, success and failure.
Over many years of examining and managing horses afflicted with sarcoids, I have met many great horses. The big and the small, the elite and the humble- they have all tolerated my necessary learning process with fortitude, though not always with good humour!
Sarcoids affect horses throughout the world and the disease is a particular problem in working horses in developing countries. I hope that advances made here in our understanding of the disease will be delivered to them so that their welfare can be significantly improved.
I would also like to make a plea for research effort into this disease. It is remarkable that a condition that occurs in a significant prevalence world wide, singularly fails to attract research funding.
