First Kansas Horses Confirmed With VSV in 2019
Edited Press Release
October 29, 2019
Kansas becomes the eighth state with confirmed vesicular stomatitis virus this year.
Horse-health-problem risk factors, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment
Kansas becomes the eighth state with confirmed vesicular stomatitis virus this year.
Any horse can get rain rot, but horses with compromised immune systems from systemic disease or malnutrition are most likely to be affected. Learn how to prevent and treat this frustrating skin condition.
Researchers set out to determine whether these inhaled medications simply relieve airway constriction for horses with heaves or, more importantly, improve lung function. Here’s what they found.
Researchers investigated whether microbiome composition could be breed-specific and, therefore, influence horse health and behavior.
This newest case of equine herpesvirus myeloencephalopathy in California is reportedly not related to the four horses recently confirmed in Shasta and Sonoma counties. Sixty additional horses were exposed.
The attending veterinarian reports two additional horses were exposed.
For the first time, Australian researchers have confirmed 15 cases of chlamydial respiratory infection in neonatal foals. Scientists had previously only detected the bacterium in a few adult horses.
If developed, an economical and relatively easy-to-perform stallside test could help veterinarians better identify asthmatic horses and provide an alternative to bronchoalveolar lavage.
The disease has affected 27 horses in 13 Michigan counties in 2019.
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Colorado and Wyoming have newly confirmed positive and suspect premises.
The affected horses resided in Dallas and Kaufman counties.
Guttural pouch mycosis (GPM) is a potentially life-threatening disease that may initially present as a simple nosebleed (epistaxis) or even poor performance in an equine athlete.
All other horses on the premises received preventive vaccination after the diagnosis.
The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food has enacted an official quarantine.
A third Ashtabula County horse has succumbed to the mosquito-borne disease.
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