Equine Lyme Disease: What You Need to Know
Equine Disease Quarterly
July 25, 2014
Learn how horses contract Lyme disease, what clinical signs to watch for, how to treat it, and more.
Learn how horses contract Lyme disease, what clinical signs to watch for, how to treat it, and more.
Infection of pregnant mares with pathogenic leptospires can result in abortion; stillbirth; live, nonviable foals; and, rarely, viable foals.
One veterinarian shares his thoughts on how we can mentor the horsemen and veterinarians of the future.
Reported diseases include strangles, equine herpesvirus, influenza, equine infectious anemia, and more.
The Thoroughbred foot’s relatively thin walls and sole make it more susceptible to trauma, injury, and hoof capsule distortion.
The strain has now been reported in horses in many European countries as well as in a single Canadian horse. Zoonotic infection from a horse has also been reported.
All 77,001 serum samples tested for equine infectious anemia (EIA) in Kentucky in 2013 were negative for the disease.
Reported diseases include strangles, influenza, herpesvirus, piroplasmosis, atypical myopathy, and hendra.
Following these six suggestions based on considerable research could make the difference between success and failure in a crisis response.
This neglected disease has a significant welfare impact on working equids and has economic importance to many resource-poor owners with inadequate access to animal health services who rely on animals for their livelihoods.
The most common way adult horses contract the disease is by eating feed, such as hay or grain, that contains animal remains.
One Health recognizes that human health, animal health, and the environment are all interconnected.
Kentucky officials reported 12 cases of WNV and two EEE cases in horses in 2013.
Researchers believe more than one biomarker is needed for accurate and early placentitis detection.
This rare, chronic wasting disease is characterized by development of granulomas in numerous organs.
Confirmed diseases included CEM, strangles, influenza, EHV, ehrlichiosis, rotavirus, salmonellosis, and more.
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