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AAEP Publishes Lawsonia intracellularis Guidelines

Edited Press Release January 31, 2023

These new guidelines will help veterinarians diagnose and treat equine proliferative enteropathy.

Case Study: Diagnosing a Diarrheic Foal

Stacey Oke, DVM, MSc November 7, 2022

An equine internist explains how she makes testing decisions and interprets results.

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International Equine Disease Report, Fourth Quarter 2018

Equine Disease Quarterly April 11, 2019

Reported diseases included African horse sickness, atypical myopathy, contagious equine metritis, salmonellosis, and more.

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International Equine Disease Report, Third Quarter 2018

Equine Disease Quarterly January 8, 2019

Officials reported diseases including African horse sickness, equine influenze, strangles, EHV-1, EIA, and more.

International Equine Disease Report, First Quarter 2017

Equine Disease Quarterly July 13, 2017

Confirmed diseases include influenza, EHV, strangles, nocardioform placentitis, piroplasmosis, EIA, and more.

International Equine Disease Report, Fourth Quarter 2016

Equine Disease Quarterly April 6, 2017

Confirmed diseases include equine herpesvirus, West Nile virus, African horse sickness, strangles, influenza, and more.

Tweets from Rood & Riddle’s Client Education Seminar

The Horse Staff February 23, 2017

Read the top tweets and take-homes from Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital’s client education seminar.

International Equine Disease Report, Third Quarter

Equine Disease Quarterly January 9, 2017

Diseases reported include African horse sickness, influenza, EHV, EIA, rabies, and more.

International Equine Disease Report, Fourth Quarter 2015

Equine Disease Quarterly March 30, 2016

Confirmed diseases include vesicular stomatitis, EHV, influenza, Hendra virus, equine infectious anemia, and more.

International Equine Disease Report, Third Quarter 2015

Equine Disease Quarterly January 1, 2016

Confirmed diseases include vesicular stomatitis, herpesvirus, influenza, Getah virus, and strangles, among others.

Feed Weanlings Carefully to Support Growth

L. intracellularis Infection, Risk Evaluated

University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment March 27, 2015

Study findings included that colts were at a higher risk than fillies for developing disease, and foals weaned after August were at lower risk for developing EPE than those weaned earlier.

Emerging Equine Diseases: What You Should Know

Erica Larson March 23, 2015

Learn about emergent diseases and what steps we can take to help stop illnesses’ spread into unaffected countries.

Young Horse Health Threats

Stacey Oke, DVM, MSc June 2, 2014

Protect your foal from three important causes of young horse illness: Rhodococcus equi, equine proliferative enteropathy, and adrenal insufficiency.

UKVDL Seeing Increased Lawsonia Submissions

University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food, and Environment March 26, 2014

According to a March University of Kentucky Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (UKVDL) bulletin, the lab is seeing a statistically significant increase in positive Lawsonia intracellularis test results as compared to recent years.

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UK Graduate Student Spotlight: Allen Page

University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food, and Environment February 22, 2014

Page’s work at UK has mainly focused on Lawsonia intracellularis, a bacterium causing a disease primarily of young horses, weanlings, and yearlings.