Dr. Rob MacKay shared presented research on ice boots and cryotherapy for laminitic horses, R. equi and insect bit hypersensitivity vaccines, EPM, and more.
Confirmed diseases include equine influenza, equine herpesvirus, piroplasmosis, salmonellosis, rabies, and more.
Many owners associate this disease with young or old horses, but horses of any age can get pneumonia.
Vaccinating mares against the polysaccharide poly-N-acetyl glucosamine appears to effectively protect foals against R. equi pneumonia, researchers found.
Officials confirmed cases of equine influenza, EHV, equine infectious anemia, and other equine infectious disease outbreaks.
The AAEP’s updated guidelines includes newly created guidelines for Rhodoccocus equi.
Cesar is studying neonatal immunology with a focus on R. equi and young foals’ immune responses to it.
Carrie Shaffer, PhD, is an assistant professor of microbiology and will conduct Rhodococcus research.
A thoracotomy improved affected horses’ survival rates while dehydration increased the odds of death.
Rhodococcus equi is the most serious cause of bacterial pneumonia in foals 4 to 6 months old.
Dr. Fernanda Cesar shares the most current research on R. equi, which causes pneumonia in foals.
Lecture topics will include performance-limiting upper airway issues, infectious respiratory diseases, EIPH, and more.
Confirmed diseases include equine herpesvirus, West Nile virus, African horse sickness, strangles, influenza, and more.
Find tips on handling bacterial pleuropneumonia, pneumothorax and hemothorax, rib fractures, and ARDS in foals.
Read the top tweets and take-homes from Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital’s client education seminar.
There was no association between disease development and dam age or plasma antibody concentrations, among other factors.
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