Abortion in Horses: Incidence and Causes
Equine Disease Quarterly
January 11, 2019
Equine abortion remains a common issue, and both infectious and noninfectious causes are frequently responsible.
Equine abortion remains a common issue, and both infectious and noninfectious causes are frequently responsible.
RESPE—the French epidemiological network for equine diseases—works main missions is to monitor equine diseases in France and throughout Europe and to alert the horse industry when a contagious equine disease outbreak is confirmed.
When veterinarians detected pregnancy loss in horses early enough for mares to be rebred, 57.3% delivered a live foal the following spring. Of those, mares 3 to 8 years old had a 73% live-foaling rate.
Equine herpesvirus-1, or EHV-1, infection can result in late-term abortion in pregnant mares.
Leptospirosis is a costly disease that can cause problems such as abortion, premature birth, and more in horses.
Leptospirosis bacteria can be present in apparently healthy horses, yet can also cause abortions and eye problems.
Keeping a precise medical record for pregnant mares could help researchers better understand fetal malformations.
Cases of EHV-related abortions from the 2017 foal crop have been confirmed in three Kentucky counties.
Learn whether your horse is at risk and if you should be vaccinating for this “new” disease.
To mitigate the consequences of a disease outbreak, it is important to understand where the disease is spreading.
Equine cowbox infections are extremely rare, with only two other cases ever reported.
The UKVDL saw 10 nocardioform placentitis abortions in December 2016 and eight in the first two weeks of January.
Scientists tested whether estradiol-17B, progesterone, alpha fetoprotein, and/or serum amyloid A could predict abortion.
The same bacterium causes two very different conditions in horses. Dr. Craig Carter explains.
Leptospirosis is a serious bacterial disease that causes both recurrent uveitis (“moon blindness”)—especially in Appaloosas, draft horses, and Warmbloods—and abortion in horses. But now there’s a vaccine to prevent it. Is your horse is at risk?
Researchers are exploring whether various diagnostic biomarkers could help assess fetoplacental well-being in mares.
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