No New EIA Cases Found in Britain
Erica Larson
February 4, 2013
Tests were carried out after a horse in England tested positive for the disease in October 2012.
Horse-health-problem risk factors, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment
Tests were carried out after a horse in England tested positive for the disease in October 2012.
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.
Rhodococcus equi is well known for its ability to cause severe pneumonia in young foals, but it can also cause septic arthritis (infection of joints), osteomyelitis (infection of bones), neonatal diarrhea (enterocolitis), and more.
A research team is examining how infectious disease and inflammation impact cells in the horse’s gut.
The acutely swollen eye can present many diagnostic challenges to the field practitioner.
A group of researchers and the Thoroughbred Owners of California issued a statement supporting furosemide use.
While eradicated from the United States since the 1940s, glanders is re-emerging in some parts of the world.
Officials voted to lift the equine piroplasmosis testing requirement at race tracks, beginning Feb. 1.
Some nutritionists have speculated that certain dietary supplements might assist with equine ulcer management.
There are 236 OIE reference laboratories covering 112 animal diseases, including equine-specific ailments.
Planning for potential dental extraction complications is essential to a successful procedure.
Authorities are encouraging horse owners to vaccinate annually to curb the impact of African horse sickness.
Ergovaline levels over 200 ppb (parts per billion) in mature hay can cause fescue toxicity in pregnant mares.
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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