An Update on Rotavirus in Foals
Emma Adam, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM, ACVS
June 15, 2024
Rotaviral diarrhea is a life-threatening disease that usually affects foals younger than 6 months.
Rotaviral diarrhea is a life-threatening disease that usually affects foals younger than 6 months.
Veterinarians administer risk-based vaccines based on a horse’s potential to contract certain diseases. Learn more in this article from The Horse‘s 2024 Preventive Care issue.
New research might lead to a vaccine for this highly contagious disease.
An equine internist explains how she makes testing decisions and interprets results.
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.
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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
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