How Does Leptospirosis Cause Both Blindness and Abortion?
Craig Carter, DVM, MS, PhD, Dipl. ACVPM
October 7, 2016
The same bacterium causes two very different conditions in horses. Dr. Craig Carter explains.
The same bacterium causes two very different conditions in horses. Dr. Craig Carter explains.
Leptospirosis is a serious bacterial disease that causes both recurrent uveitis (“moon blindness”)—especially in Appaloosas, draft horses, and Warmbloods—and abortion in horses. But now there’s a vaccine to prevent it. Is your horse is at risk?
Of the 458 respondents, 158 (34%) said they do not know what leptospirosis is.
The USDA licensed a vaccine for use in pregnant mares to protect against leptospirosis, one cause of abortion in horses.
Gellin is studying the epidemiology of leptospirosis in Central Kentucky and horses’ immune response to the disease.
Post-mortem exams are crucial to determine what caused the abortion. Here’s what your veterinarian will look for.
Researchers believe pathogenic forms of Leptospira bacteria are associated with more than 60% of ERU cases.
Confirmed diseases include vesicular stomatitis, EHV, influenza, Hendra virus, equine infectious anemia, and more.
The 10th International Equine Infectious Diseases Conference will convene April 4-8 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Dr. Craig Carter recently presented an overview of equine leptospirosis and described the newly released vaccine.
Researchers recently celebrated the culmination of years of work with the release of a vaccine for equine leptospirosis.
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The USDA-approved vaccine prevents the disease responsible for foal abortion, kidney and liver failure, and uveitis.
Reported diseases include equine herpesvirus, strangles, equine viral arteritis, contagious equine metritis, and more
Diseases diagnosed include herpesvirus, tetanus, strangles, piroplasmosis, West Nile virus, and more.
Reported diseases include CEM, strangles, influenza, EVA, EHV, piroplasmosis, salmonellosis, and more.
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