Italy Responds to Equine Dourine Outbreak
Equine Disease Quarterly
July 2, 2012
In May 2011, a stallion undergoing routine testing in Italy for stud purposes tested positive for dourine.
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In May 2011, a stallion undergoing routine testing in Italy for stud purposes tested positive for dourine.
A complete feed at recommended levels can provide calories for horses who don’t get enough from forage alone.
Freezing or inhibiting fecal samples from diarrheic horses allows C. perfringens detection for weeks longer.
One case of EHV-1 was confirmed at a Douglas County farm in May. The affected horse was euthanized.
Dale Brown, DVM, of Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital, will deliver the lecture on diseases in young horses.
One study showed bacteria on stallions’ external genitalia do not appear to affect stallion or mare fertility.
Using the LP allele for reference, researchers determined some prehistoric horses had spots like Appaloosas.
A horse residing on the Lake County farm was euthanized and subsequently tested EHV-1 positive in May.
We have a 19-year-old broodmare that bagged up and developed edema
I work on a stud farm in South Africa. We have a 2-year-old that has a cleft
The study on Lawsonia intracellularis involves 14 Thoroughbred farms and 600 Thoroughbreds in Kentucky.
The legality of cloning and embryo transfer in horses were discussed at a recent equine law convention.
A Lake County, Ind., boarding facility was quarantined after an equine resident tested positive for EHV-1.
Understanding ailments older foals can develop and treatment options increases the patient’s survival chances.
Researchers found that foals turned out to pasture had similar joint defects as those exercised daily.
The horse was euthanized after showing severe neurologic signs associated with the disease.
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