Widespread exposure but relatively rare clinical disease makes Lyme disease diagnosis and treatment challenging. Read more in The Horse‘s Spring 2026 issue.
Expanding tick ranges and emerging pathogens are increasing the risk of tick-borne diseases in horses. Learn what researchers and vets say about protecting your horse.
As temperatures rise, tick activity increases—putting horses at risk. Learn how to identify tick-borne threats and implement effective prevention strategies.
Gait-altering conditions such as EPM, wobbler syndrome, and Lyme disease can be tricky to spot and even more difficult to diagnose.
Scientists looked at disease prevalence in horses suspected to have tick-borne infections and compared test performance.
If your horse survives one of these five infections, he might still suffer lasting effects. Learn which diseases most commonly cause post-infection illnesses and how they can impact a horse’s long-term health, use, and quality of life.
Get tips for keeping disease-spreading ticks off your horse from Dr. Erika Machtinger of Pennsylvania State University.
Ticks can infect horses with an array of diseases including piroplasmosis, ehrlichiosis, and Lyme disease.
A veterinarian shares the latest research findings regarding Lyme disease in horses and her practical experience as a veterinary internal medicine specialist in the heart of Lyme country.
Horses can experience more than one disease process at the same time, an occurrence known as comorbidity. In this article, we’ll take a look at equine diseases such as PPID and laminitis that veterinarians most commonly see in conjunction with other conditions.
When a horse spikes a fever without the nasal discharge and other respiratory signs you’d expect to see with an infectious disease, the potential causes could be vast. In some parts of the country, a tick-borne disease could be a culprit.
Find answers to questions about equine infectious anemia, Potomac horse fever, parasites, and more.
Listen to audio features on equine metabolic issues, colic, hoof abscesses, parasite control, navicular syndrome, and more.
Learn how rising temperatures and higher rainfall totals might lead to an increased risk of mosquito- and tick-borne disease in horses.
If a horse tests positive for Lyme disease antibodies, does that mean the horse has the disease? Dr. Eric Swinebroad responds.
Equine internal medicine specialist Dr. Eric Swinebroad offers an overview of testing available for Lyme disease.
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