Horses are a lot like preschoolers: gather them in groups and someone’s likely to get sick. Diseases like equine influenza, rhino, and strangles spread quickly through herds and, in some, they can turn serious fast. Learn how to protect your horse.
One horse tested positive for the virus and was placed in isolation for treatment.
Reported diseases include vesicular stomatitis, equine infectious anemia, strangles, influenza, herpesvirus, and more.
Officials believe international horse transport is behind the country’s first influenza outbreak in nearly 40 years.
Researchers have been hard at work studying this contagious respiratory disease.
For the third year in a row, the number of influenza cases in the United States is increasing, a recent study revealed.
Vaccinated horses demonstrated at least 97.4% cross-reactivity to three recent EIV isolates.
The Aug. 18 lecture topic will be “Biosecurity and Vaccination: Evaluating Flu and Herpes Risk.”
Reported diseases include equine herpesvirus, strangles, equine viral arteritis, contagious equine metritis, and more
Researchers found that of 239 horses that tested positive for equine influenza virus, 84 had been vaccinated.
Three horses that were at the Far West Championship Horse Show tested positive and more are showing clinical signs.
Six wild burros from the Black Mountain Herd Management Area tested positive influenza last month.
A filly goes to the trainer and ends up sick and with ulcers. Will they return when she goes back into training?
Design vaccination protocols to maximize each horse’s innate and adaptive responses to disease challenges.
Diseases diagnosed include herpesvirus, tetanus, strangles, piroplasmosis, West Nile virus, and more.
Dr. Scott Weese studies microbial populations in the horses’ digestive tracts, infection sources and carriers, and more.
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