EPM and Pregnancy
Steve Reed, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM
December 4, 2012
Are there any treatments available for EPM that are safe for use in pregnant mares?
Are there any treatments available for EPM that are safe for use in pregnant mares?
Take any swelling, asymmetry, or other abnormality of your mare’s udder seriously.
Learn about the tools and techniques veterinarians use to ensure a pregnant mare’s foal stays safe and sound.
It is important to consider everything involved in breeding before bringing another horse into the world.
Use a multidimensional treatment approach to give mares the best chance for recovery.
Endometritis is inflammation of the endometrium, or uterine lining.
A Nov. 26 positive EHV-1 test extends the Hawthorne quarantine until at least Dec. 24.
Researchers recently tested if idiopathic headshaking in horses could be similar to a condition in humans.
Two hospitalized horses have returned home after receiving treatment; a third continues to recover.
Most options can lessen the effects of estrus while still allowing mares a second career as a broodmare.
The outbreak appears to be contained, but shipping restrictions have made it challenging to fill races.
One veterinarian discussed disease characteristics and why it might be on the rise at a recent conference.
No further EHV-1 cases have been diagnosed in the Utah since the initiation of the quarantine on Oct. 17.
Five of seven horses residing on the index farm have developed clinical signs consistent with the disease.
Three Hawthorne horses have died since the start of the outbreak last month.
Equine herpesvirus-1, vesicular stomatitis, and West Nile virus were all confirmed in Colorado horses in 2012.
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