The International Collating Centre, Newmarket, England, and other sources reported the following disease outbreaks:
Contagious equine metritis (CEM) was confirmed on four premises in France. In December 2008, four stallions (three Quarter
Chromosomes are large segments of DNA wound around special proteins within each cell’s nucleus. They contain nearly all of the body’s genetic material. Horses have 64 chromosomes (or 32 pairs) including the two sex chromosomes (XY in males and XX in females). The sire and dam each contribute 32 chromosomes to their offspring. Modern cytogenetic methods enable the identification of all 32 pair
African horse sickness virus (AHSV) and bluetongue virus (BTV) are both members of the genus Orbivirus of the family Reoviridae. Both cause serious, noncontagious but infectious, arthropod-borne diseases in equids and ruminants, respectively. AHSV infects all equids, causing asymptomatic infection in zebra and African donkeys, but it is the most lethal infectious disease of horses
A winter weather warning for Kentucky had been issued, and all the horses were in the barn for the night as a precaution. After all, how often have the weather forecasters been overenthusiastic about “catastrophic” storms?
Overnight the electricity went out; both landline and cell phones were dead. Trees, limbs and telephone poles were down, blocking roads and causing major damage to
“Epidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events in specific populations and the application of this study to control health problems.”
– J.M. Last: A Dictionary of Epidemiology, ed 2. New York, Oxford University Press, 1988.
While a definition is a good place to start when thinking about the role of epidemiology in equine health,
Influenza is one of the most contagious diseases of horses and therefore requires a timely and accurate diagnosis to help prevent a major outbreak. This diagnosis can be achieved only by testing clinical specimens from nasal swabs.
Rapid diagnosis facilitates rapid intervention, including quarantine and vaccination–historically the most successful means to prevent the spread of
The International Collating Centre, Newmarket, England, and other sources reported the following disease outbreaks:
Two cases of contagious equine metritis (CEM) were confirmed in non-Thoroughbred horses in France. As of Feb. 23 the USDA reported 11 non-Thoroughbred stallions positive for (CEM) during the recent outbreak–four in Kentucky, three in Indiana, three in Wisconsin, and one in
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is a high-dose oxygen inhalation therapy that is achieved by having the patient breathe 100% oxygen inside a pressurized hyperbaric chamber. The delivery of oxygen to the tissues occurs through respiration becaus
Recently a veterinary colleague remarked that a horse that had sustained a minor laceration in the starting gate had been scratched. While there was no expectation that the horse’s performance would be impacted, she could not justify permitting
While carcass disposal is not a pleasant topic, it is a subject of significant economic and environmental concern. What are the options for carcass disposal?
In many instances the cause of death needs to be determined, so the body is
The International Collating Centre, Newmarket, England, and other sources reported the following disease outbreaks.
Cases of anasplasmosis (Anasplasma phagocytophila) and Borreliosis (Borrelia burgdorferi) were diagnosed among
While I was in veterinary school 20-some years ago, the first ultrasound machine was being “explored” by board-certified veterinary radiologists at university veterinary schools. Pain medication for horses was mostly limited to the non-steroidal
MRI uses magnetic fields to create various types of cross-sectional and three-dimensional images.
Working equids are the donkeys, mules, ponies, and horses that are integral to transporting of goods to market, plowing the land, and clearing brush and trees in most of the world. Even if roads were traversable and the terrain could accommodate
The Reseau d’Epidemio-Surveillance en Pathologie Equine (RESPE) is the French surveillance network for infectious diseases in horses and was implemented in 1999. Since January 2008, a new legal status including socio-professional structures has
When a foal is born with limb contractures preventing it from standing or walking normally, it is said to have contractures, or contracted foal syndrome (CFS).
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