Emerging Equine Diseases: What You Should Know
Erica Larson
March 23, 2015
Learn about emergent diseases and what steps we can take to help stop illnesses’ spread into unaffected countries.
Learn about emergent diseases and what steps we can take to help stop illnesses’ spread into unaffected countries.
Dr. John Madigan presented the AAEP’s 2014 Milne lecture on discoveries that changed equine and human health.
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The UKVDL has developed and implemented a new real-time PCR assay for diagnosing Potomac horse fever.
Reported diseases include CEM, strangles, influenza, EVA, EHV, piroplasmosis, salmonellosis, and more.
Equine monocytic ehrlichiosi (EME) has case fatality rates ranging from 5 to 30%.
PHF can have serious complications, and the fatality rate in untreated cases can be up to 30%.
Two Ontario, Canada, horses tested positive for Potomac horse fever (PHF) in early August.
Several cases of Potomac horse fever have been confirmed in central Virginia, prompting an outbreak alert.
While PHF has a serious clinical impact on affected horses, some parameters are associated with survival.
Whether traveling to an out-of-state show or a mile away to the park, good equine health care starts at home.
An Indiana horse diagnosed with Potomac horse fever in June has owners in that state on high alert.
Study finds PHF survival is linked to serum chloride concentration and oxytetracycline treatment.
Your veterinarian will be able to help determine if your horse is at-risk of contracting PHF.
Potomac horse fever often poses a diagnostic challenge because of its varied clinical presentations.
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