The unvaccinated 4-year-old Arabian-cross was euthanized. This is the first case of Hendra virus in New South Wales confirmed this year.
With equine herpesvirus infections seemingly on the rise, here’s how to protect your horses this season.
Proper planning can help prevent a disease episode on your farm from becoming a full-blown outbreak.
Go step-by-step through the experience of botulism diagnosis and treatment with Dr. Daniela Luethy.
Find out where botulism cases are most prevalent and if your horse is at-risk from Dr. Daniela Luethy.
Dr. Daniela Luethy covers recommendations for the botulism vaccination and booster series for horses.
Dr. Daniela Luethy outlines the signs a horse might have botulism, including muscle weakness, lethargy, and the inability to eat.
Think botulism can’t happen to your horses? Think again. An owner describes her mare’s battle with the deadly disease.
Critical conditions such as colic, injuries, and dehydration can strike when you’re at a competition with your horse. Here’s how to handle them.
Horses are one of the most susceptible species to botulism. Find out how to protect your horse from this deadly neurologic disease.
A pony from Frederick County, Maryland, died July 30 after contracting Potomac horse fever.
Horse are especially sensitive to endotoxemia. To address the issue, Dr. Stacy Anderson of Lincoln Memorial University, in Harrogate, Tennessee, presents her research on neutrophil apoptosis (the death of cells that occurs as a normal and controlled part of an organism’s growth or development) in horses.
One horse has died and several more are recovering after developing signs of Potomac horse fever (PHF) at the Liberty University Equestrian Center, in Lynchburg, Virginia.
As of July 23, the University of Kentucky Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (UKVDL) had seen five positive PHF cases this month.
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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