Equine WNV Case Detected in Wyoming
Stephanie L. Church, Editorial Director
June 13, 2006
Today’s online edition of the Casper Star-Tribune reports that Wyoming has logged its first animal case o
Horse-health-problem risk factors, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment
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.
(Edited press release)
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
I found my gelding lying down with swollen legs and a cut inside his nostril. Could this be a snakebite?
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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
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
Wear Insect Repellant, Eliminate Standing Water to keep Mosquitoes Away
Horse Owners Reminded to Take Precautions
It’s nearly June, and Florida’s number of reported Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) cases is holding steady at six. Four cases have been confirmed as fatal, with two so far surviving.
The typical fatality rate for horses infected with
Critically ill foals are seven percent more likely to survive if they receive plasma with higher concentrations of antibodies as opposed to traditional plasma, according to results of a recent study at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School
The term colic actually means, in the broadest sense, abdominal pain. Abdominal pain is relatively common, even in people. We tend to refer to our abdominal pain as “stomach aches.”
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