International Equine Disease Report, Fourth Quarter 2012
Equine Disease Quarterly
April 23, 2013
Reported diseases include contagious equine metritis, strangles, influenza, equine herpesvirus, and more.
Reported diseases include contagious equine metritis, strangles, influenza, equine herpesvirus, and more.
Our veterinary experts answer your questions about botulism in horses, which can be deadly in adult animals.
The increasing number of reported AHS cases in South Africa prompted the movement restrictions.
Researchers studied effects of dispersal on colonies of flying foxes, which transmit hendra virus to horses.
The new Lyme disease test can reportedly detect antibodies as early as two to four weeks following infection.
The TAHC determined Kleberg County equids could be at high risk for exposure to equine piroplasmosis (EP).
Horses exposed to a lethal dose of hendra virus six months following vaccination did not develop disease.
Your horse’s fecal production and appearance can be an indicator of good or poor health.
Fever ticks are capable of spreading the Babesia parasites that can cause equine piroplasmosis.
Researchers examined ways to minimize gastrointestinal complications when treating EP with imidocarb.
The organization stresses the need for horse owners across the country to have their horses vaccinated.
The World Organization for Animal Health?s (OIE) standards help prevent the spread of infectious disease.
Officials voted to lift the equine piroplasmosis testing requirement at race tracks, beginning Feb. 1.
Authorities are encouraging horse owners to vaccinate annually to curb the impact of African horse sickness.
Officials are managing a hendra virus case near Mackay after a positive test result was received Jan. 22.
The UKVDL has confirmed 11 leptospirosis abortions so far in the 2012-2013 reproductive season.
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