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Midge Facts - Animals · Midges can cause an incurable and irritating condition called sweet-itch    which can affect up to one in twenty of horses, ponies and donkeys in    the UK · Sweet-itch is a serious condition that in the UK is classified as an    unsoundness and therefore has to be declared when the animal is sold · Symptoms caused by sweet-itch include hair loss, skin thickening,    severe itching, flaky dandruff in some cases, weeping sores which    can lead to secondary infections · Despite the misery midges inflict upon humans, the favourite meal for the   biting midge is actually larger mammals for instance, the poor cow