International Equine Disease Report, Second Quarter 2015
Reported diseases include vesicular stomatitis, equine infectious anemia, strangles, influenza, herpesvirus, and more.
Reported diseases include vesicular stomatitis, equine infectious anemia, strangles, influenza, herpesvirus, and more.

Stress can impair a horse’s performance, diminish the benefits of therapy, and create safety risks to vulnerable riders.

Supervised by veterinarians, the students practiced castrations on Quarter Horses rescued from a Texas ranch.

The 10 year-old gelding from Gloucester County was euthanized on Oct. 3. The horse’s vaccination status is unknown.

War Emblem arrived on Oct. 12 after 13 years standing stud at the Shadai Stallion Station in Hokkaido, Japan.
Six people were arrested following raids at the three illegal slaughter farms, some of which processed horses.
The legislation would establish an independent authority to implement a national uniform racehorse medication program.

The cases are spread across the state, and a lack of vaccination is a prevailing trend in the affected horses.
The horse, which was found dead in a Campbell County pasture on Oct. 8, sustained a single gunshot wound.

The horse’s lower limb is subject to a multitude of injuries that can baffle even the most veteran veterinarians.
A wild horse found at the Salt River Recreation Area in Arizona is now the subject of an animal cruelty investigation.

The researchers are also seeking veterinarian and horse owner input for surveys on recognizing and diagnosing colic.

Of the 571 respondents, 384 (67%) people said they have rehabbed a horse from a tendon or ligament injury.

Learn how the respiratory, reproductive, and neurologic forms of equine herpesvirus-1 can impact your horse.

The majority of the affected horses were not previously vaccinated against West Nile virus (WNV).

Dr. Mick Peterson found that the dirt surface met all of the pre-meet test criteria and was maintained properly.
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