Never before have horse owners been as aware of the threat of equine illness as this spring and summer. The list of potential nasties has read like a virtual Whoâs Who in Equine Diseases. Such terms as encephalitis and West Nile have become”P>Never before have horse owners been as aware of the threat of equine illness as t
Rabies, an old and clever virus, is making a resurgence in parts of the United States.
Diseases from other animals pose a constant threat to our horses. Disease-causing agents, or pathogens, lurk in local wildlife, fly overhead in birds, and lay in the next field inside cows peacefully chewing their cuds. These disease agents–whether
Two horses have been diagnosed, and died as the result of rabies during the month of April in Michigan. The first horse was from Casco Township in St. Clair County, and the second was from Deckerville in Sanilac County. The
Rabid animals were reported from every state except Hawaii in 1997, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA. Rabies was confirmed in 47 horses, donkeys, and mules in 21 states and Puerto Rico in comparison
Vaccines have been true godsends the world over. Diseases that once laid waste to large segments of the human population now are held in check by vaccines. One of those killing diseases, smallpox, has been eradicated. Much the same has happened
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is cooperating with the Texas Department of Health and other state and federal agencies to drop more than 2.7 million vaccine-laced baits to stop the spread of canine rabies in Texas.
The titles of numerous news stories in Florida papers during a few weeks in October shared some common words–Eastern equine encephalomyelitis. The disease has been responsible for several human deaths recently in Florida, and while in Orlando
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