Not all diseases have cut-and-dried diagnoses. In this article, veterinarians walk us through actual cases of three tough-to-diagnose diseases: botulism, EPM, and Potomac horse fever.
Horses from five counties are affected.
The diagnosis of an unvaccinated yearling colt is the state’s first EEE case since 2013.
Officials have reported Madera County’s first and the state’s fifth confirmed equine WNV case for 2019.
The attending veterinarian of the Rockingham County horse says PHF is uncommon in the area.
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Horses have tested positive in three Michigan counties.
The unvaccinated mare, which was euthanized on Aug. 13, was the state’s second case of the mosquito-borne disease for 2019.
None of the horses were current on vaccines against the diseases.
The number of confirmed cases remains within normal ranges.
The Lake County gelding was euthanized and exposed horses were quarantined.
Officials lift quarantine enacted following Carroll County, Indiana, mare’s death and diagnosis.
Officials removed the jenny on Aug. 1 and have placed the affected BLM facility under quarantine.
Outbreaks have been confirmed in Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and Wyoming in addition to a recent case in Tillman County, Oklahoma.
The 4-year-old unvaccinated mare was euthanized after veterinarians confirmed the disease.
The donkey filly did not survive the disease.
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