Shavahn Loux has been involved in a wide range of equine reproduction projects, particularly focusing on monitoring gestational health using bioinformatic tools.
Nocardioform placentitis affects late-gestation mares, causing abortion, stillbirth, or foals born alive but compromised.
Dr. Regina Turner recaps research on endometritis, factors affecting pregnancy rates, treating placentitis, and more.
Confirmed diseases include influenza, EHV, strangles, nocardioform placentitis, piroplasmosis, EIA, and more.
Through the third week of February, 44 cases of nocardioform placentitis were confirmed in the 2017 Kentucky foal crop.
Confirmed diseases include equine herpesvirus, West Nile virus, African horse sickness, strangles, influenza, and more.
Dr. Shavahn Loux is studying mares’ microRNA population during normal gestation and experimentally induced placentitis.
To mitigate the consequences of a disease outbreak, it is important to understand where the disease is spreading.
The UKVDL saw 10 nocardioform placentitis abortions in December 2016 and eight in the first two weeks of January.
Reported diseases include African horse sickness, herpesvirus, influenza, strangles, and equine infectious anemia.
Researchers found that AFP could be a useful biomarker to help assess neonatal health soon after birth.
Post-mortem exams are crucial to determine what caused the abortion. Here’s what your veterinarian will look for.
MicroRNA, a small nonprotein coding gene, holds potential as a novel way to diagnose various diseases in the horse.
The 10th International Equine Infectious Diseases Conference will convene April 4-8 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Research topics include EHV-1 latency, foal pneumonia, training and surface factors in preventing injury, and more.
Jennifer Linton, VMD, will describe what to expect when your horse is expecting on April 5 at the New Bolton Center.
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