Working Equids: The Impact of Infectious Disease
Equine Disease Quarterly
July 26, 2015
Despite the enormous positive impact of these horses and donkeys, their health isn’t always a top priority for owners.
Despite the enormous positive impact of these horses and donkeys, their health isn’t always a top priority for owners.
Testing confirmed that a horse residing in the Atherton Tablelands died from the virus earlier this week.
The economic impacts of 2014 vesicular stomatitis outbreak were felt within the equine industry at multiple levels.
Facilities in Delta, La Plata, Larimer, Las Animas, Montezuma, and Montrose counties are under quarantine.
Staff at the UK Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory has seen a recent trend in positive results for Potomac horse fever.
Reported diseases include equine herpesvirus, strangles, equine viral arteritis, contagious equine metritis, and more
As of July 15, 19 premises in four counties are quarantined after horses, mules, and one cattle herd tested positive.
The change is expected to provide a more timely response on local tests; previously samples were sent to an Iowa lab.
Nine locations in three counties are quarantined after horses residing there tested positive for vesicular stomatitis.
Horses in Montrose and Delta counties tested positive for vesicular stomatitis on July 2.
Officials said an unvaccinated 19-year-old gelding died after showing clinical signs of infection for two to three days.
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The two previously infected herds in Reeves and Pecos counties have been released from quarantine.
Veterinarians say vaccination is the most effective way to protect people and their horses from the deadly hendra virus.
Learn about healthy foals, problems that are common in newborns, how veterinarians treat these issues, and more.
The Veterinary Diagnostic Lab is in-the-know on animal diseases, including equine ones, around the state and country.
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