Horses are confined to netted stalls to protect them from the midges that spread African horse sickness and to prevent potential spread from the new vaccine.
State animal health authorities have confirmed a King County horse with the neurologic form of equine herpesvirus-1. The horse’s boarding farm is currently under quarantine.
The affected horse has met testing requirements, and no additional horses were infected.
Officials quarantined premises in adjoining Dona Ana and Sierra counties.
The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) hosted a global webcast as humans—facing a health crisis of their own due to COVID-19—try to protect horses and prevent the spread of AHS during the disease’s current outbreak in Thailand.
The African horse sickness (AHS) outbreak in Thailand has nearly quadrupled in a little more than a week, reaching 154 deaths and a fatality rate of 94% in horses showing clinical signs.
Definitively identified by Thai veterinarians on March 27, this represents the first outbreak of AHS outside the African continent in more than 30 years.
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.
Thirty exposed horses are under voluntary quarantine.
One horse at the New York racetrack confirmed positive for equine herpesvirus-1.
Study: Equine parvovirus-hepatitis, a virus causing fatal liver disease that spreads via vaccines and plasma, has a high prevalence in Germany and probably other European countries.
Four equine herpesvirus-1 exposed horses from Polk County are under official quarantine.
The state has confirmed two horses positive in Bottineau County. Six more are presumed positive.
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