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.
An equine internist explains how she makes testing decisions and interprets results.
Rotaviral diarrhea is a life-threatening disease that usually affects foals younger than 6 months.
Disease control focuses on prevention through increased biosecurity protocols.
In this episode Dr. Emma Adam of the University of Kentucky describes the research that identified a novel strain of rotavirus in foal diarrhea cases this year.
The workshop will be in-person and also livestreamed for virtual attendance. It is free to attend.
Horse manure is rich not only in energy and soil-building nutrients, but also information about your horse’s health and well-being. In this article, veterinarians offer guidelines to help you better “read” your horse’s poop.
Efforts are underway to determine the role of the virus in a current outbreak of diarrheal disease in Central Kentucky foals.
While some types of diarrhea in horses present little to worry about if watched carefully, others can be life-threatening. Read more about this condition’s causes, diagnosis, and treatment.
Reported diseases included African horse sickness, atypical myopathy, contagious equine metritis, salmonellosis, and more.
Rotavirus is a leading cause of diarrhea in foals up to six months of age at breeding farms worldwide.
Confirmed diseases include equine influenza, equine herpesvirus, piroplasmosis, salmonellosis, rabies, and more.
Diseases reported include African horse sickness, influenza, EHV, EIA, rabies, and more.
Reported diseases include African horse sickness, herpesvirus, influenza, strangles, and equine infectious anemia.
Reported diseases include equine herpesvirus, strangles, equine viral arteritis, contagious equine metritis, and more
Diagnosed diseases include strangles, influenza, vesicular stomatitis, hendra virus, salmonellosis, and more.
Learn how vaccines can protect horses, why they’re important, and which ones your horse needs in our visual guide.
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