Creating a Horse Quarantine
Stephanie Ruff
September 12, 2011
Here are the steps to take when introducing a new horse to your farm, and to reduce disease spread within your herd.
Here are the steps to take when introducing a new horse to your farm, and to reduce disease spread within your herd.
Choosing the right mats and/or bedding for your barn will help keep horses comfortable and stalls clean.
Two additional California horses tested positive for neurologic equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) on Aug. 24.
A tenth horse in New South Wales has tested positive for hendra virus, bringing the national total to 21.
Especially in the summer months, odor smells in gravel or sand paddocks can get pretty intense–a real concern if you have neighbors close by. Plus,
Forty horses from one Clarksville, Ark., farm have died or been euthanized after testing positive for EIA.
A 15-year-old Oldenburg mare from Sonoma County tested positive for neurologic EHV-1 on Aug. 23.
A Queensland horse was confirmed positive for hendra virus today, bringing the national total to 20 cases.
Three new cases of hendra virus were confirmed Aug. 17 in New South Wales, bringing the national total to 19.
A sixth horse tested positive for hendra virus in Australia, bringing the total to 16 confirmed cases.
The quarantines on Australian facilities that housed hendra-positive horses are slowly being lifted.
The neurologic form of EHV-1 is highly contagious in horses and multiplies within its host very rapidly.
Swarming bees are being blamed for the death of a horse in Riverside Calif.
Queensland and New South Wales have both committed $3 million for hendra virus research.
A dog on one of the hendra virus-affected properties in southern Queensland tested positive for the disease.
A stallion in Arizona has tested positive for contagious equine metrititis (CEM), a sexually transmitted …
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