International Equine Disease Report, Second Quarter 2013
Equine Disease Quarterly
October 4, 2013
Reported diseases include CEM, strangles, influenza, EVA, EHV, piroplasmosis, salmonellosis, and more.
Reported diseases include CEM, strangles, influenza, EVA, EHV, piroplasmosis, salmonellosis, and more.
Confirmed diseases include contagious equine metritis, strangles, EHV, influenza, and more.
New research suggests genetic factors play a role in determining stallion susceptibility to EAV infection.
Udeni Balasuriya, BVSc, MS, PhD, will study genetic factors related to the EAV carrier state in stallions.
The World Organization for Animal Health?s (OIE) standards help prevent the spread of infectious disease.
There are 236 OIE reference laboratories covering 112 animal diseases, including equine-specific ailments.
A case of equine viral arteritis (EVA) has been confirmed in a Gloucestershire, England, stallion.
Whether traveling to an out-of-state show or a mile away to the park, good equine health care starts at home.
Campos’ anticipated graduation is in fall 2012. She hopes to pursue a PhD thereafter.
The guidelines focus on controlling the transmission of EAV, CEM, and EHV-1.
Genomics is in its infancy, and we have a lot to learn. But have no doubt, its impact on equine infectious diseases will be as great as that of vaccination and antibiotics.
A stallion, several mares, and a foal have tested positive for equine viral arteritis at two French Lusitano
The International Collating Center, Newmarket, United Kingdom, and other sources reported the following
In the event of an equine viral arteritis (EVA) outbreak, is it safe to vaccinate your pregnant mare so she develops the immunity she needs to prevent infection and resulting abortion? The results of a recent collaborative study completed by
International reports of contagious equine metritis, equine herpesvirus, equine influenza, strangles, equine piroplasmosis, equine arteritis virus, Eastern equine encephalomyelitis, West Nile virus, salmonella, and more.
The Morris Animal Foundation (MAF) announced Feb. 2 that it would fund $10,800 for researchers at the University of Kentucky’s Gluck Equine Research Center to conduct a genome-wide association study of horses for susceptibility to equine arteritis virus (EAV). EAV is the causative agent of equine viral arteritis (EVA), which is characterized by upper respiratory tract disease in adult horses,
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