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Lyme Disease in Horses

July 12, 2018
Posted by Eric Lockwood Swinebroad, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM

Lyme disease is notoriously difficult to diagnose and has (or might not have) a myriad of vague (or not-so-vague) clinical signs in horses. Learn about this tick-borne disease and get your questions answered during our live Q&A.

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Eric Swinebroad

Eric Lockwood Swinebroad, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM, operates Newmarket/Indialantic Equine, a sport horse practice based in New Hampshire and serving clients throughout New England, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Florida. He is a co-author of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine consensus statement “Borrelia burgdorferi Infection and Lyme Disease in North American Horses.

Eric Lockwood Swinebroad, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM

Eric Lockwood Swinebroad, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM, operates Newmarket/Indialantic Equine, a sport horse practice based in New Hampshire and serving clients throughout New England, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Florida. He is a co-author of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine consensus statement “Borrelia burgdorferi Infection and Lyme Disease in North American Horses.