Horse-health-problem risk factors, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment
Metabolic profiling might hold the key to pinpointing which at-risk equids are most likely to develop the hoof disease laminitis.
When horses lose a significant amount of blood, veterinarians can perform transfusions to correct life-threatening anemia.
The gelding was unvaccinated against West Nile virus.
The 2-year-old Quarter Horse had recently returned from a show in Fort Worth, Texas.
The affected horse was unvaccinated against the mosquito-borne disease.
The unvaccinated gelding is reportedly recovering.
The horses were from different counties. One was unvaccinated for EEE; one’s vaccination status is unknown.
The affected filly was unvaccinated against West Nile virus, which is spread by mosquitoes.
The positive test marks the state’s sixth confirmed equine case in 2021, and the county’s first.
Four more horses were exposed.
Neither horse was vaccinated against the mosquito-borne disease.
The colt is reported as alive and recovering.
The affected horse resided at a private facility in Dinwiddie County.
The horse is located on a Chicot County farm.
Researchers found areas with equine pastern dermatitis had less bacterial diversity and more Staphylococcaceae than healthy skin.
When doctors diagnosed West Nile virus neurologic disease in a Sicilian man, they immediately started a chain of events leading to massive testing of nearby horses, dogs, birds, and mosquitoes to find the outbreak’s source.
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