4 Common Equine Respiratory Conditions
The Horse Staff
December 20, 2022
Use this visual guide to learn about lower respiratory problems that can affect your horse.
Use this visual guide to learn about lower respiratory problems that can affect your horse.
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This inflammation of the lungs most commonly affects foals, but that doesn’t mean your mature horse isn’t at risk.
Butterfly Network and The Horse: Your Guide to Equine Health Care have partnered for equine pneumonia education Sept. 4-9.
Eliminate the feces of R.-equi-infected foals on the farm, which reduces the bacteria the earthworms consume.
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Antimicrobial-resistant infections of all kinds continue to challenge veterinarians and compromise equine health. So, what are veterinarians doing to curb it, and what can you do to help?
Rhodococcus equi is the most serious cause of pneumonia in 1- to 4-month-old foals. Learn more about this potentially deadly pathogen and how to protect your foals with these resources on TheHorse.com.
Reported diseases included African horse sickness, atypical myopathy, contagious equine metritis, salmonellosis, and more.
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