Equine Grass Sickness Update
Equine Disease Quarterly
November 5, 2025
Equine grass sickness is frequently fatal. Here’s what researchers know about this complex disease.
Equine grass sickness is frequently fatal. Here’s what researchers know about this complex disease.
British researchers reviewed more than 150 equine microbiome studies. From colic to laminitis to pregnancy, here’s what they found.
RESPE—the French epidemiological network for equine diseases—works main missions is to monitor equine diseases in France and throughout Europe and to alert the horse industry when a contagious equine disease outbreak is confirmed.
Researchers found that horses with EGS had significantly reduced bacterial diversity compared to their healthy counterparts.
Several new studies were published as a free special collection in the Equine Veterinary Journal this month.
Weight loss–both the amount and rate–can help predict chronic equine grass sickness survival, researchers found.
Horses with grass sickness have similar signs of disease as people with Alzheimer’s, a study has found.
This potentially deadly condition affects grazing horses. Learn about its clinical signs, treatments, and prognosis.
Does your horse drool like a dog? Here are some reasons why, from the benign to the life threatening.
My mare was bred more than 390 days ago and still has not foaled. Is it possible she has grass poisoning?
Dr. Roberta Dwyer shares thoughts on the evolution of the publication produced by UK and Lloyd’s of London.
Researchers still do not know grass sickness’ cause and, therefore, lack any means for causal therapy.
This pilot study is in preparation for a full vaccine trial, which is likely to commence in 2013 or 2014.
Spanish translation of an article reviewing equine grass sickness (enfermedad equina de los pastos).
A fatal gastrointestinal disease once limited to Scotland is being seen more frequently in certain parts of the world due to geographical progression, said British researchers.
Researchers in the United Kingdom recently advanced scientific knowledge of equine grass sickness with a three-year study that found the disease to be strongly associated with low antibody levels to the bacterium Clostridium botulinum.
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