Is Your Horse at Risk for Infectious Disease?
Marcia King
September 4, 2014
Horses are at risk for contracting a number of diseases that can have mild to devastating consequences.
Horses are at risk for contracting a number of diseases that can have mild to devastating consequences.
Learn about 20 important equine infectious diseases that could make your horse sick, how they are spread, and ways to prevent them in our easy-to-follow visual guide.
Horses don’t pass or fail prepurchase exams. Instead, the exam is intended to give you a snapshot of the horse’s overall health and provide information so you can make a sound buying decision about whether the horse is suitable for your needs.
Leading rhinitis researchers share the latest developments regarding this respiratory-disease-causing virus.
Airway remodeling occurs in horses with long-term, unresolved inflammation caused by recurrent airway obstruction (RAO), the disease commonly known as heaves. Is it possible to reverse this negative effect in horses?
Protect your foal from three important causes of young horse illness: Rhodococcus equi, equine proliferative enteropathy, and adrenal insufficiency.
Recurrent airway obstruction (RAO, once known as chronic obstructive pulmonary dysfunction, or COPD) can stop an otherwise healthy athletic horse in his tracks. Learn how to help a horse suffering from heaves in this live event.
When it comes to influenza, should you use a treat-now or a wait-and-see approach? The study will evaluate this question.
Marcarena Sanz, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVIM, of the University of Kentucky’s Gluck Equine Research Center shares information about R. equi, a serious pneumonia-causing respiratory disease in foals up to 6 months old.
Dr. Laurent Couetil talks about the environmental factors that impact horses with heaves and ways to treat the disease.
Respiratory-related health conditions are the second leading cause of poor performance in athletic horses. Learn more about equine respiratory health with this easy-to-follow visual guide.
Rhodococcus equi is a serious infectious disease that can cause pneumonia in foals. Learn how to protect your herd of youngsters in this information-packed visual guide.
Foals are susceptible to developing R. equi infection for at least the first two weeks of life.
Veterinarians and horse owners should remain vigilant for these two relatively new horse health challenges.
While coronavirus is commonly found in foals, it’s been implicated in several outbreaks among adult horses.
Sarah Reuss, VMD, Dipl. ACVIM, of the University of Florida shares what owners need to know about equine influenza, its clinical signs, and treatment and prevention methods.
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