Horse-health-problem risk factors, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment
The tally of states with 2004 U.S. West Nile virus (WNV) equine cases has risen to five with the addition of Arizona and Colorado to the group this week. Alabama, Florida, and Texas had already logged equine cases this year.
Arizona’s
An outbreak of multidrug-resistant salmonella has occurred at the University of Pennsylvania’s New Bolton Center that was reported to have caused an unknown number of animal deaths. The Center and its Widener Hospital closed on Monday, May 10, s
Scientists recently determined that vaccination with Merial Limited’s Recombitek equine West Nile virus (WNV) vaccine would not confuse results if a horse were to be tested for recent WNV exposure or clinical infection.
At the Western
Horse owners in the United Kingdom (U.K.) are being reminded to protect horses they are exporting to the United States from West Nile virus (WNV). However, no WNV vaccine is available in the UK.
According to an article in the online
The African horse sickness (AHS) death toll in the Western Cape of South Africa has risen to 15 confirmed cases since the first death on the Elsenburg Agricultural Research Farm was confirmed on Feb. 25. Two cases are awaiting confirmation, with
The United States Equestrian Federation’s (USEF) authority to enforce its own rules and regulations has been affirmed, at least temporarily, in a federal court in Lexington, Ky. A decision on whether the injunction should be made permanent is
According to an April 26 ProMED report, Venezuela’s Animal Health Service, Ministry of Agriculture recently reported a case of Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) in a horse from the district Bolivar in the
On April 9, the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) announced its first probable case of West Nile virus (WNV) in 2004. The patient is a 79-year-old male from Scioto County.
With warm weather in recent weeks, mosquitoes have become active,”P>On April 9, the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) announced its fi
A jury has returned a verdict of $1,007,500 to plaintiffs alleging in a lawsuit that Farnam’s product Equitrol, a feed-through fly control product, was defectively designed and caused harm to their horses; Farnam has countered with a press
Horse owners and veterinarians alike have wondered if they can use Merial Limited’s Recombitek equine West Nile virus (WNV) vaccine in horses previously vaccinated with Fort Dodge’s West Nile-Innovator. Recently, Merial released the results of a
Wobbler, also known as wobbles, takes its name from its primary sign–a wobbling or uncoordinated gait. In technical terms, the horse has a “proprioceptiveness deficit,” or a lack of physical awareness of his limbs and their placement.
Orange County, Calif., Vector Control District (OCVCD) biologists have found antibodies to West Nile virus (WNV) in two adult female house finches. The birds were trapped as part of the District’s wild bird trapping program which involves
The Tennessee Department of Agriculture will test local, state and federal responses to a simulated act of bioterrorism at a major horse show today, according to a story on The Tennessee Department
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.
Nine horses have succumbed to African horse sickness (AHS) in the Western Cape, South Africa, according to www.iol.com. The last horse was reported dead on March 12 by the South African news source”P>Nine horses have succumbed to African horse sickness (AHS) in the Western Cape, South Africa, according to Nine horse
Horses living in the city, who would have ever thought? Where would they graze? What would you do with the manure? Where would you ride? Well, confining horses to a barn, paddock, or small acreage within the city limits has become an everyday
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