Disease Trends Reinforce Importance of Good Biosecurity
Edited Press Release
June 7, 2016
Is your horse protected from infectious disease? Here are tips on how to keep him safe at home and on the road.
Horse breeding from planning through foal care
Is your horse protected from infectious disease? Here are tips on how to keep him safe at home and on the road.
Seven horses at one Cooke County breeding farm tested positive for the neuropathogenic form of the virus in late May.
University of Kentucky’s Dr. Barry Ball defines the high-risk pregnancy and its causes and offers management options. Learn about fescue toxicosis, umbilical torsion, premature placental separation, and more in this information-packed lecture.
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All the horses remaining on the premises have tested negative for the virus.
Researchers determined that pregnant mares can abort their fetuses as a stress response to prevent future infanticide.
Scientists found a gene that could identify superior tractability, or how easily a horse can be trained or controlled.
Two horses stabled at the Maryland facility tested positive for non-neuropathogenic EHV-1 on.April 19.
Teri Lear, PhD, worked on the Horse Genome Project, which resulted in the first map of a horse’s genetic sequence.
The index case’s home premises in Palm Beach County has been placed under quarantine.
Researchers determined that both veterinarians and owners need more equine nutrition education.
This is the first study to identify a potential genetic, rather than environmental, cause for foal loss in mares.
Three other horses on the same farm currently have a fever and are being monitored.
The Equine Disease Communication Center reported that three aged mares tested positive for EHV-1 last week.
An equine reproductive behavior expert shares insight into how mares and herds will ward off danger to their young.
Three cases of neurologic EHV-1 were confirmed at the Nebraska racetrack in April.
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