Tick-Borne Disease: Tremendously Tricky in Horses
Natalie DeFee Mendik, MA
May 6, 2017
Learn the latest on diseases horses can get from ticks and why they continue to frustrate veterinarians and researchers.
Learn the latest on diseases horses can get from ticks and why they continue to frustrate veterinarians and researchers.
Confirmed diseases include equine herpesvirus, West Nile virus, African horse sickness, strangles, influenza, and more.
Cases of CEM, EHV-1, and more have taught officials how to best prevent and respond to outbreaks.
Diseases reported include African horse sickness, influenza, EHV, EIA, rabies, and more.
Fourteen racehorses from Wyoming, along with one from Utah, have tested positive for equine piroplasmosis.
All the positive cases are connected to two locations in Rutherford County and Bedford County.
The 17 racing Quarter Horses are all connected to the same location in Rutherford County.
Diagnosed diseases include vesicular stomatitis, EHV, strangles, influenza, piroplasmosis, rabies, and more.
Confirmed diseases include vesicular stomatitis, EHV, influenza, Hendra virus, equine infectious anemia, and more.
A private racehorse facility is under quarantine after a single horse there tested positive for equine piroplasmosis.
It’s nearly impossible to separate simple malnutrition from the presence of other diseases, one veterinarian said.
Confirmed diseases include vesicular stomatitis, herpesvirus, influenza, Getah virus, and strangles, among others.
Reported diseases include vesicular stomatitis, equine infectious anemia, strangles, influenza, herpesvirus, and more.
Reported diseases include equine herpesvirus, strangles, equine viral arteritis, contagious equine metritis, and more
Diseases diagnosed include herpesvirus, tetanus, strangles, piroplasmosis, West Nile virus, and more.
Testing is still required for Quarter Horses at sanctioned tracks and all horses at unsanctioned racetracks.
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