Horse-health-problem risk factors, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment
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Two head of cattle have died of anthrax, the first cases of the disease reported in North Dakota this year. “This is a warning for North Dakota producers to talk with their veterinarians about having thei
Beau’s bright, interested eyes and shiny coat do not give any indication that he was at death’s door just a few months ago. On June 1, the chocolate-colored Rocky Mountain Horse gelding was a guest for the American College of Veterinary Internal
Agriculture authorities have confirmed Ireland’s first recorded cases of equine infectious anemia (EIA). Ireland’s Department of Agriculture and Food announced Thursday (June 15) that the disease was detected in a “small number of horses” in the
Vaccine manufacturer Fort Dodge Animal Health recalled about 330,000 doses of rabies vaccine recently after a vaccinated dog became ill with rabies. Horses are not likely affected by the recall.
“It’s a product that’s labeled for equine
Today’s online edition of the Casper Star-Tribune reports that Wyoming has logged its first animal case o
Neurologic disease caused by equine herpesvirus-1 has been recognized for many years. The number of EHV-1 neurologic cases has increased worldwide. Soon we hope to understand how the terrifying neurologic EHV-1 disease occurs and how to prevent it.
Latency is the biological mechanism by which all herpesviruses permanently survive in nature. Latency provides a natural reservoir for herpesvirus. The biological reservoir is the latently infected host animal.
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The Illinois Department of Public Health has announced its first avian West Nile virus (WNV) finding for 2006. Dr. Eric E. Whitaker, state public health director, said a crow collected by the DeWitt/Piatt
An outbreak of strangles among the wild New Forest ponies is spreading, according to an article in The Salisbury Journal, a United Kingdom weekly newspaper. (Read the full Journal article
The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services’ Division of Public Health Services (DPHS) this week announced the beginning of statewide Eastern Equine encephalitis (EEE) and West Nile virus (WNV) surveillance season. The bird testing
Owning horses is, by default, continuing education. Veterinarians are required to receive a certain number of hours of continuing education to maintain their licenses. Many practitioners take training above and beyond what is required by law simply
I found my gelding lying down with swollen legs and a cut inside his nostril. Could this be a snakebite?
Q: My 14-year-old mare has severe obesity problems. The veterinarian ruled out Cushing’s disease because she does not exhibit the typical Cushing’s traits. I am afraid to work her for fear that any
GlobalVetLink L.C., an Internet-based business designed to allow animal health authorities to track and regulate animal movement nationally, has developed technology now recognized by the USDA for international shipments of
On May 22 the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards (PETS) Act, H.R. 3858, which requires state and local emergency management agencies to make plan
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